Iran will soon focus on a significant amount of support for medicine and vaccines needed for livestock and poultry, Sattari said during a visit to a knowledge-based company in the vicinity of Tehran.
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He also announced the advancement of knowledge-based companies in biotechnology, human and animal medicine, and vaccines, adding that the young people who have ideas can, after a while, run knowledge-based companies and become a producer.
“We have great companies in this field, and we hope that this new move in the field of livestock and poultry will enable the country to be independent in producing medicines and vaccines,” said the vice president.
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At the moment a good ecosystem has been created in this field turning the country into the first regional power in biotechnology, he added.
“We import $600 million worth of pharmaceuticals only in the human sphere annually, and we can produce 80 to 90 percent of it inside the country using the existing projects that are underway,” concluded Sattari.
A number of eight new drugs and pharmaceuticals were unveiled in TEMAD Pharmaceutical Company in Alborz province in the presence of Sattari.
Some of these products have been produced for the treatment of digestive diseases.
TEMAD Pharmaceutical Company exported $8 million worth of medicines to 43 countries in the world last year (ended March 20, 2019).
Alborz province is home to about 85 pharmaceutical companies and medical equipment production plants, regarded as one of the pharmaceutical hubs in the nationwide.
In addition, Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari will visit some knowledge-based companies in this province.
- source : Iran news
