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With the opening of this pharmaceutical plant, Colombia joins only four other LatAm countries that can produce their own vaccines.

DADIS has intensified fumigation in high-risk areas, covering 88,156 homes (40% of Cartagena).

With $54 million USD from Colombian insurance conglomerate Sura, Jorge Emilio Osorio Benitez is launching biological pharma company VaxThera to produce vaccines and other medical therapies within Latin America.

Dr., Mabel Gisela Torres announced an allocation of over $64 million USD to biology laboratories in 27 Colombian departments for upgrades, training, and other enhancements to facilitate research and fight disease.

Oxitec's genetically modified mosquitos produce offspring that will "inherit a self-limiting gene that causes them to die before reaching functional adulthood."

Last week, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited US President Barack Obama in the White House to discuss ongoing issues, and commemorate 15 years of US diplomatic, military, and social aid to Colombia via the package known as Plan Colombia. Colombia and Chile are the...