The commercial activity of Cuban enterprises with the Laboratorios Lopez company of El Salvador has grown by 84 percent over the last three years.

The president of the Salvadorian company, Gustavo Lopez, highlighted this achievement at a meeting held in Havana where he thanked the island's institutions in charge of the marketing of medicines.

The relations between the Salvadorian firm and Cubas National
Bio-preparation Center (BIOCEN) began in 1997, when the Central
American company started distributing the Cuban restorative medicament Trofin in that region.

The Cuban center in charge of the medicine's quality control
acknowledged the work of BIOCEN, whose products are used in many healthcare institutions throughout the island.

During the meeting, the president of the Caribbean Natural Medicine
Federation, Dr. Elisa Aznar, gave a certificate of recognition to the
Salvadorian company for its support at the recently concluded 7th
Congress of Medicine and Natural Products.

(acn)