Food and Drug Administration Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/food-and-drug-administration/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 12:12:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://irannewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-iranlogo-32x32.png Food and Drug Administration Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/food-and-drug-administration/ 32 32 Planning underway to produce 90% pharma raw materials https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/08/planning-underway-to-produce-90-pharma-raw-materials/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/08/planning-underway-to-produce-90-pharma-raw-materials/#respond Sat, 24 Aug 2019 12:11:24 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=97873 Pharmaceutical industry has been turned into a strength for the country. He made the remarks at the inaugural ceremony of the 18th Annual Conference of Iranian Association of Pharmacists, held at Tehran’s Razi Conferences Center on Sat., and added, “it is for decades that foreign medical equipment production companies and pharmaceutical firms have established trade […]

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He made the remarks at the inaugural ceremony of the 18th Annual Conference of Iranian Association of Pharmacists, held at Tehran’s Razi Conferences Center on Sat., and added, “it is for decades that foreign medical equipment production companies and pharmaceutical firms have established trade cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

In the current situation, these foreign pharmaceutical companies have faced serious problems to continue their cooperation with Iran due to the US sanctions imposed on the country, he added.

“Pressure caused by US sanctions has forced us to move towards domestic production of raw materials needed in pharmaceutical industry of the country,” Shanehsaz emphasized.

Accordingly, planning is underway to produce between 85 and 90 percent of raw materials required in pharmaceutical industry of the country.

Head of Food and Drug Administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FDA) Mohammadreza Shanesaz stated, “of total three percent of annual imports of drugs and medicines into the country, one to two percent of which is related to the medicines which are produced in the country similarly.”

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]]> https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/08/planning-underway-to-produce-90-pharma-raw-materials/feed/ 0 $100mn earmarked for production of 2 new vaccines https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/12/100mn-earmarked-for-production-of-2-new-vaccines/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/12/100mn-earmarked-for-production-of-2-new-vaccines/#respond Sat, 29 Dec 2018 10:38:45 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=45799 The Office of Biological Products has received $100 million to fund the production of two new vaccines as recommended by the World Health Organization. The head of the Office of Biological Products at Iran’s Food and Drug Administration, Ali Vasheghani, said the World Health Organization has recommended Iran to put the production of two new […]

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The Office of Biological Products has received $100 million to fund the production of two new vaccines as recommended by the World Health Organization.

The head of the Office of Biological Products at Iran’s Food and Drug Administration, Ali Vasheghani, said the World Health Organization has recommended Iran to put the production of two new vaccines – Pneumococcal vaccine and Rotavirus vaccine – on agenda.

Pneumococcal vaccines are vaccines against the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae. Their use can prevent some cases of pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis.

Meanwhile, Rotavirus vaccine is used to protect against rotavirus infections, which are the leading cause of severe diarrhea among young children. The vaccines, according to reports, prevent 15–34% of severe diarrhea in the developing world and 37–96% of severe diarrhea in the developed world.

Vasheghani maintained that $100 million fund has been set up for the production of the two vaccines, noting however that the process of vaccine production is time-consuming.

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