Researchers Working To Bring Lung Cancer Vaccine Developed In Cuba To US

By Dr Deepu

The Philadelphia Inquirer (8/28) “Check Up” blog reports that “Cuba has developed a novel lung cancer vaccine that American researchers are working to bring to the” US. According to the blog, “Now that diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba have thawed,” Roswell Park Cancer Center in Buffalo “has reached an agreement with Cuba’s Center for Molecular Immunology to bring” the “vaccine, called CimaVax, to the U.S. for clinical testing – with an eye toward U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.”