This is one of the country's pioneer institutions devoted to health research, supported by a great medical staff willing to do its best in the treatment and cure of the so-called civilization diseases, like vitiligo, psoriasis and alopecia that have exerted tremendous influence in today's world over the past decades.

Based on an intensive and sustained research effort that dates back to the 1970s, Prof. Carlos Miyares Cao -at the time a pharmacology professor at the Medicine School of the University of Havana and currently the director of this center- joined hands with late dermatologist and professor Manuel Taboas to start out the first clinical trials for the treatment of the abovementioned diseases based on medications obtained from human placenta. Following years of research and studies, the viability of these treatments was finally proved as an effective alternative to cure those ailments.

The catalog of medications to either soothe or totally cure those illnesses includes pharmaceuticals and cosmetic products such as:

1. Melagenina for the treatment of vitiligo
2. Coriodermina for the treatment of psoriasis
3. Melagenina plus, a new-age medication focused on the treatment of vitiligo
4. Amniotic collagen crème
5. Dermal bio-activating cream
6. Dermal bio-activating gel
7. Skin photo-protecting gel
8. Piloactive lotion (for treating alopecia)
9. Tromboplastina (a reagent for the prognosis of blood clotting disorders)
10. Dietary complements (osteoporosis-anemia)
11. Pulmonary tension active (neo-natalogy)
12. Placenta lactogen (obstetrics)
13. Cosmetics: placenta shampoo
14. Hair conditioner
15. Facial tonics
16. Cleansing milks
17. Dermal bio-activating soaps