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Some 1,200 knowledge-based firms operating in healthcare sector

mahla — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 21:24:41 +0000

There are around 10,000 knowledge-based companies operating in the country, of which some 1,200 companies are working in the healthcare sector, Younes Panahi, the deputy health minister, has said.

He added that some 800 knowledge-based companies working in the field of raw materials and equipment supply the pharmaceutical needs of the country, IRNA reported.

“More than 21,900 faculty members are active in the field of health. Moreover, 804 government research centers, 39 non-government centers, and more than 600 elites are cooperating with the health ministry.”

Exporting technological products

Exporting technological products of Iranian knowledge-based companies is one of the important and key programs of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, and in this regard over the past years, with the support of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, the Iranian houses of innovation have been set up in several countries to develop the global market for knowledge-based products.

These centers have already been set up in countries such as Russia, Turkey, China, Syria, Kenya, Armenia, Iraq, and Uzbekistan.

By supporting innovative ideas, and holding technological and innovative events, the centers will be a platform for the development and promotion of Iranian knowledge-based companies, startups, and creative industries.

The centers are mainly formed with the investment and support of the private sector to provide the necessary infrastructure for their exports through innovation houses.

In February, Raisi said science and technology are the cornerstones of national development.

The chain of knowledge, research, innovation, and technology ensures sustainable development in the country, he added.

“Our interaction with all nations and governments in the world should be for the transfer of knowledge and technology, and our interaction with all neighboring countries, in the region and globally, should be based on this criterion,” Raisi highlighted.

The Vice Presidency for Science and Technology was formed in 2006 with the aim of creating an environment for supporting knowledge-based companies and providing the ground for the development of technological industries.

The country’s progressing process of development has accelerated with the emphasis on the formation of the technology and innovation ecosystem and the approval of laws for supporting knowledge-based companies and boosting Iran-made products.

Today, we are witnessing the positive effects of adopting the approach in the economy, culture, and daily life of people.

The national budget bill for the current Iranian calendar year 1402, which started on March 21, has earmarked about 37 trillion rials ($74 million) for science and technology.

The bill increased the budget by 35 percent compared to the previous year’s budget, ISNA reported.

Improving the scientific level of society, achieving high global rankings in the number of scientific articles, references, and patenting, reducing the illiteracy rate, and increasing the number of university courses and students are only a part of the achievements after the victory of the Islamic Revolution.

According to the latest statistics, more than 8,000 knowledge-based companies are operating in the country.

Exports of medicine

Iran expects to increase the exports of medicine to around $200 million in the current year that started on March 21, from some $60 million last year.

“The increase in drug production is supported by stable supply for exports, and our forecast for exports in the current year is $200 million,” IRNA quoted Heidar Mohammadi, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, as saying.

Currently, the production of medicine, medical equipment, and powdered milk is supported by subsidies. So, their exports were very limited, but it is hoped that their exports will increase next year, he explained.

Referring to the shortage of 100 drug items in the country, he said: “Currently, nearly one and a half percent of the country’s pharmaceutical need is imported. Along with domestic production, it is done as soon as the domestic production meets the demand.”

According to Food and Drug Administration, some $60 million worth of medicine was exported in the calendar year 1400 (March 2021-March 2022).

The figure was about $180 million in the year 1397 (March 2018-March 2019). The country imports some $1 billion of drugs per year.

Iranian-made pharmaceuticals are currently exported to Canada, Japan, and Europe, Faramarz Ekhteraei, chairman of the Iranian Pharmaceutical Industries Syndicate said, emphasizing that 72 percent of the country’s pharmaceutical raw materials are domestically produced.

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Key Role of Iranian Firms in Battling COVID-19

reporter 1222 — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:07:19 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Vice President for Science and Technology, Sorena Sattari said that Iranian Knowledge-based firms have played a key role in containing COVID-19.

In a ceremony to unveil the Science and Technology Park in Hamedan on Saturday, Sattari noted that Iranian Knowledge-based firms have played a key role in containing COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

He added that Knowledge-based companies provide the country with medicine and medical equipment and the Islamic Republic does not import any product in this field.

“Iran produces masks, medical equipment, and ventilators (artificial respiration devices) domestically, and during this period, not even a single ventilator, which has a complex manufacturing process, has been imported into the country,” he maintained.

He further said that Knowledge-based companies have recently produced several new drugs in the country.

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Knowledge-based economy rise in ranking; Iran reports

reporter 1222 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:52:38 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Vice-President for the Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said that Iran’s knowledge-based economy registered a 60-step growth over the past five years.

He further noted to the activity of cooperatives in the country and said, “if cooperatives run their business activities traditionally, they will face serious problems ahead.”

Sattari made the remarks on Sun. in a joint meeting with the members of agricultural and knowledge-based unions and also chairman of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives and pointed to the significant growth of knowledge-based economy in the country over the past five years and stated, “focusing on oil-driven economy causes eradication of ecosystem, the issue of which should be taken into serious consideration.”

Over the past 10 years, pillars of ecosystems have been eradicated, so, effective steps should be taken to activate this ecosystem using technical know-how, knowledge and entrepreneurship spirit, Sattari added.

He further noted that knowledge-based economy’s rank has hit from 120 to 61 over the past five years, he said, adding, “high potentials and capacities of cooperatives can be used for knowledge-based activities.”

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Uganda seeking Iran cooperation in agriculture

reporter 1222 — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 08:46:40 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Ugandan Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, in a meeting with Iran Ambassador to the African country Seyed Morteza Mortazavi, called for widening mutual cooperation in the agriculture sector and asked Tehran to help Kampala with manufacturing agricultural machinery such as tractors.

In the meeting held in Kampala with Mortazavi, Kadaga said that Uganda and Iran should put more effort in enhancing economic relations, especially agriculture, depicting the bilateral political ties as a good model, reported Fars News Agency.

She said that there are plenty of opportunities in Uganda’s agriculture sector for boosting cooperation, which includes manufacturing agricultural machinery such as tractors.

She said that such products can both modernize agriculture in her country as well as neighboring states.

For his part, the Iranian envoy pointed to the importance of cementing ties in various fields of mutual interest, noting that Iran is ready to boost parliamentary relations with Uganda.

In September, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, in a meeting with Mortazavi, voiced his country’s strong opposition to Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Tehran and added that Kampala is eyeing further expansion of ties with the Islamic Republic.

During the meeting with Mortazavi, Museveni rejected the US unilateral actions, sanction policies and imposing economic pressures against independent countries like Iran, and underlined collective cooperation for reinforcing multilateralism.

Back in October 2018, companies in Uganda signed four memoranda of understanding with Iran technology-based companies in fields like agriculture.

The signing of the MoUs took place during a conference of Iranian and Ugandan companies held in the Ugandan capital city of Kampala.

The event was attended by Ugandan Minister for Science and Technology Elioda Tumwesigye, Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari and Iran’s Ambassador Mortazavi.

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