The high price that Colombia has paid for its lack of biotechnological sovereignty

Affiliations

¹ University of Córdoba, Institute of Biological Research of the Tropics, Monteria, Colombia.
² Alzak Foundation, Cartagena, Colombia.
³ University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.
⁴ Department of Public Health, National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia.

Camilo Guzman T et al. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 17:24:100560.

doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100560. eCollection 2023 Aug.

¹ University of Córdoba, Institute of Biological Research of the Tropics, Monteria, Colombia.
² Alzak Foundation, Cartagena, Colombia.
³ University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.
⁴ Department of Public Health, National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflict of interest.

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