Cuba plants medical diplomacy flag in Thailand

State-of-the-art biopharmaceuticals plant aimed at fast-growing global market

MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent

 

NONTHABURI, Thailand -- In state-of-the-art laboratories set in a lush, green landscape -- and with help from communist-ruled Cuba -- nearly 200 researchers and technicians are paving the way for Thailand to take an ambitious stride into the expanding market for biopharmaceutical drugs.

 

The emerging facility in Nonthaburi, northwest of Bangkok, is part of a Cuban drive to exploit growing global interest in biopharmaceuticals, also known as biological products, which are pharmaceutical drugs derived from living sources. The fast-growing sector will account for nearly 20% of global pharmaceutical market sales this year, according to McKinsey, a U.S.-based management consultancy.

 

Cuba, which built a pharmaceutical production industry after its 1959 socialist revolution, has long used international medical diplomacy as a political weapon, and sees significant prospects for foreign exchange earnings from biopharmaceuticals, especially in Asia.

 

Full story: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Cuba-plants-medical-diplomacy-flag-in-Thailand

 

-- NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW 2017-10-13

Excellent!

Very soon, I will be able to buy youth potion in Thailand at half price. 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Cuba has long used international medical diplomacy as a political weapon, and sees significant prospects for foreign exchange earnings.

This worldwide initiative originally came from Castro the Communist some years ago. It seems self interest and the spread of the communist doctrine appears to be the real motivation for such development. Or perhaps they are planning on building healthy herbal cigar factories.