Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology of Cuba (CIGB)
Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología de Cuba (CIGB)
- Date
- 1986 · confidence high
- Place
- Havana, Cuba
- Credited to
- Government of Cuba; Luis Herrera Rodríguez and the founding team
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
State centre founded in 1986 in Havana's Western Scientific Pole that developed interferon, vaccines and recombinant proteins with its own resources. It is the core of Cuba's biopharmaceutical sector, sustained despite the embargo.
Founded in July 1986 under Fidel Castro's drive, after the 1981 “Biological Front” and interferon production. Lists of founders vary by source.
What it led to
- recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (Heberbiovac HB) and other biologicals
- Cuban Heberprot-P, streptokinase and erythropoietin
- Cuban COVID-19 vaccines (Abdala, Soberana)