CAMAGÜEY. -The 12th National Congress of Pharmacology FARMACAMAGÜEY 2018 will be held in this city from October 22th to 25th, with the participation of 150 delegates from 12 provinces of Cuba.

Ana Rosa Valls, president of the organizing committee of the appointment, the topics to be developed will be Preclinical Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Trials, Pharmaco-epidemiology and Pharmaceutical Care, and Natural and Traditional Medicine (MNT).

The also president of the Cuban Society chapter of the specialty in the territory, explained that these themes are fundamental aspects for the development of that science in Cuba, currently marked by several challenges like the difficulties for the access to raw materials for the medicines production.

In the words of René Delgado, president of the Society at the national level, shared by Ana Rosa Valls, the members of this institution are called to favor the systematic control of drugs, their rational use, the demonstration of efficiency and effectiveness, and the search for new products by different ways.

To meet these objectives, the event will give a space to pre-congress courses on the first day, where health professionals will teach on MNT, and on updates of pharmacological therapy in gynecology, dermatology and acute and chronic pain.

The scientific program of the appointment will also include the presentation of results in the search for more effective, new and safe drugs, the improvement of the existing ones and the identification of new therapeutic targets in diseases that still constitute health issues like cancer, second cause of death in Cuba.