The Finlay Institute (Spanish: Instituto Finlay de Vacunas, lit. 'Finlay Vaccine Institute') is a Cuban organization that carries out medical research and mainly produces vaccines. It is named after the Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay, who was the first to hypothesize the involvement of a mosquito as a vector of yellow fever.[2]
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| Established | 1991 |
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| Staff | 970 (2014)[1] |
| Address | Avenida 21 No. 19810 |
| Location | , Cuba |
| Coordinates | 23°04′23″N 82°27′27″W / 23.0731°N 82.4576°W |
| Website | www |
In response to fight against COVID-19, Finlay Institute has developed the Soberana 02.[3] In March 2021, Vicente Vérez, director of the Finlay Institute, announced a delay in the development of vaccines and indicated the start of vaccination of the Cuban population in July 2021.[4]