Sajjad
12-11-2007, 10:14 PM
5 New Drugs Produced
Health Minister Kamran Baqeri Lankarani said on Saturday that five new drugs have been produced in the country. He pointed out that the Health Ministry is currently working on registration of these drugs and it is hoped that the medicines will be marketed by March, MNA reported.
Lankarani told reporters that Iran is among the first two countries in eastern Mediterranean region in terms of biotechnology. “The government has focused on investing on human resources with a scientific approach in biotechnology so that the capacity of admitting postgraduate university students in these courses has doubled,“ he added.
Commenting on the mass production of the new AIDS drug called IMOD, the minister noted that the drug can treat about 5,000 to 6,000 AIDS patients.
The newly-discovered herbal medicine for HIV/AIDS, IMOD, was developed from locally grown medicinal plants by young Iranian scientists in 15 research centers after four to five years of hard work. Produced through nanotechnology, the IMOD is the fifth generation of medicines invented to combat AIDS in the world.
Lankarani pointed out that the company which manufactures IMOD is also working on marketing it for international markets.
Deputy minister, Ali Alavi, earlier said that quality of medicines produced by domestic pharmaceutical companies has improved by 30 percent.
Alavi stated that Iranian-made pharmaceutics are able to compete in the global market.
Lower prices coupled with high quality are the advantages of Iranian drugs compared to products of other countries supplying medicines to Middle East and African markets, the official explained. Medicine exports topped $61 million in the year to March 2007, he said, adding that the ministry is targeting markets in Afghanistan and Iraq.
http://www.iran-daily.com/1386/3000/html/economy.htm#s275235
Health Minister Kamran Baqeri Lankarani said on Saturday that five new drugs have been produced in the country. He pointed out that the Health Ministry is currently working on registration of these drugs and it is hoped that the medicines will be marketed by March, MNA reported.
Lankarani told reporters that Iran is among the first two countries in eastern Mediterranean region in terms of biotechnology. “The government has focused on investing on human resources with a scientific approach in biotechnology so that the capacity of admitting postgraduate university students in these courses has doubled,“ he added.
Commenting on the mass production of the new AIDS drug called IMOD, the minister noted that the drug can treat about 5,000 to 6,000 AIDS patients.
The newly-discovered herbal medicine for HIV/AIDS, IMOD, was developed from locally grown medicinal plants by young Iranian scientists in 15 research centers after four to five years of hard work. Produced through nanotechnology, the IMOD is the fifth generation of medicines invented to combat AIDS in the world.
Lankarani pointed out that the company which manufactures IMOD is also working on marketing it for international markets.
Deputy minister, Ali Alavi, earlier said that quality of medicines produced by domestic pharmaceutical companies has improved by 30 percent.
Alavi stated that Iranian-made pharmaceutics are able to compete in the global market.
Lower prices coupled with high quality are the advantages of Iranian drugs compared to products of other countries supplying medicines to Middle East and African markets, the official explained. Medicine exports topped $61 million in the year to March 2007, he said, adding that the ministry is targeting markets in Afghanistan and Iraq.
http://www.iran-daily.com/1386/3000/html/economy.htm#s275235