González-Fernández N

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ABSTRACT

The first international conference BioProcess Cuba 2017, was celebrated on February 20 to 24, 2017, at the Santa Cecilia Convention Center in the city of Camagüey, Cuba. It addressed new developments, research updates and technological advancements in the field of biotechnology bioprocessing, mainly focused on biopharmaceuticals production. The conference was structured in five symposia, covering upstream and downstream bioprocessing, drug devlivery formulation for human and vereinary use, biocontrol formulations and quality assurance and control for bioprocess and regulatory affairs. New experiences and developments were shown by delegates from 11 countries, including Cuba. Plenary lectures, oral presentations and poster sessions aided on the celebration of useful expertise exchanges on this fundamental area for the scale up and optimization of industrial biotechnology processes. Developmental challenges and regulatory constraints and advances were also discussed.