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<h2 id="founding">Founding</h2> <p>In 1982, the <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Industrial_Development_Organization/B29cJxLD">United Nations Industrial Development Organization</a> (UNIDO) offered grant funding via a competitive application process to facilitate biotechnology development in the Third World.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>: 132 Cuba sought, but did not receive funding, which instead was awarded to a joint project proposed by India and Italy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>: 132 Cuba nonetheless proceeded with the development of a biotechnology research institution using its own funds, CIGB.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>: 132 </p> <h2 id="activity">Activity</h2> <p>In 2006, CIGB developed the <a href="/facts/Heberprot-P/U6gzaMCd">Heberprot-P</a>, which is used to treat foot ulcers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Its use results in rapid wound healing and a 75% decrease in amputations among diabetics with foot ulcers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>As of 2017, CIGB had 1,600 employees and sold 21 products internationally.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>: 138 </p><p>As of 2020, CIGB had two joint ventures with China.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>: 143 </p><p>It is responsible for creating the <a href="/facts/Abdala_(vaccine)/HxaXy4H3">Abdala vaccine</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>The Centre developed the <a href="/facts/COVID-19_vaccine/obToxWTT">COVID-19 vaccine</a> Mambisa, which is in the final stages of clinical trials.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/BioCubaFarma/z6G1WWve">BioCubaFarma</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Center_of_Molecular_Immunology/HSNAxlvN">Center of Molecular Immunology</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.cigb.edu.cu/">Official website</a> </li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Yaffe, Helen (2020). We Are Cuba! How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World (hardcover ed.). USA: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-23003-1. <a href="978-0-300-23003-1" target="_blank">978-0-300-23003-1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Yaffe, Helen (2020). We Are Cuba! How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World (hardcover ed.). USA: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-23003-1. <a href="978-0-300-23003-1" target="_blank">978-0-300-23003-1</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Yaffe, Helen (2020). We Are Cuba! How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World (hardcover ed.). USA: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-23003-1. <a href="978-0-300-23003-1" target="_blank">978-0-300-23003-1</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"UA Health Sciences Researchers Look to Collaborate With Cuba on Diabetic Wound Therapy | Department of Medicine". deptmedicine.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-27. <a href="https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/news/2016/ua-health-sciences-researchers-look-collaborate-cuba-diabetic-wound-therapy" target="_blank">https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/news/2016/ua-health-sciences-researchers-look-collaborate-cuba-diabetic-wound-therapy</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"UA Health Sciences Researchers Look to Collaborate With Cuba on Diabetic Wound Therapy | Department of Medicine". deptmedicine.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-27. <a href="https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/news/2016/ua-health-sciences-researchers-look-collaborate-cuba-diabetic-wound-therapy" target="_blank">https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/news/2016/ua-health-sciences-researchers-look-collaborate-cuba-diabetic-wound-therapy</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Yaffe, Helen (2020). We Are Cuba! How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World (hardcover ed.). USA: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-23003-1. <a href="978-0-300-23003-1" target="_blank">978-0-300-23003-1</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Yaffe, Helen (2020). We Are Cuba! How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World (hardcover ed.). USA: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-23003-1. <a href="978-0-300-23003-1" target="_blank">978-0-300-23003-1</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Cuba's COVID vaccine rivals BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna". DW.COM. 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-28. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/cubas-covid-vaccine-rivals-biontech-pfizer-moderna/a-58052365" target="_blank">https://www.dw.com/en/cubas-covid-vaccine-rivals-biontech-pfizer-moderna/a-58052365</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"ABDALA Clinical Study - Phase III". rpcec.sld.cu. Registro Público Cubano de Ensayos Clínicos. Archived from the original on 2021-03-20. Retrieved March 22, 2021. <a href="https://rpcec.sld.cu/en/trials/RPCEC00000359-En" target="_blank">https://rpcec.sld.cu/en/trials/RPCEC00000359-En</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"ABDALA Clinical Study". rpcec.sld.cu. Registro Público Cubano de Ensayos Clínicos. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved March 22, 2021. <a href="https://rpcec.sld.cu/en/trials/RPCEC00000346-En" target="_blank">https://rpcec.sld.cu/en/trials/RPCEC00000346-En</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Sánchez, Liz Conde (7 April 2022). "How is Mambisa progressing on the road to authorization as an anti-COVID-19 vaccine?". en.granma.cu. Retrieved 6 May 2022. <a href="https://en.granma.cu/cuba/2022-04-07/how-is-mambisa-progressing-on-the-road-to-authorization-as-an-anti-covid-19-vaccine" target="_blank">https://en.granma.cu/cuba/2022-04-07/how-is-mambisa-progressing-on-the-road-to-authorization-as-an-anti-covid-19-vaccine</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>