Health Minister: Cooperation with India to Offset US Sanctions’ Effects

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Health Minister: Cooperation with India to Offset US Sanctions’ Effects

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Visiting Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi to India said here on Sat. that India is a good opportunity to deal with sanctions imposed by US against Iran.

Indian officials are interested in enhancing and broadening all-out ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran in all fields, Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi said today in New Delhi.

He made the above remarks at the end of his three-day visit to India adding that to counter US sanctions imposed on Iran, it is a great opportunity to take advantage of talents which are less costly and cost-effective.

Qazizadeh Hashemi added, “World Summit on Maternal, Child and Nutrition Healthcare was held in India with the participation of health ministers of countries in the world.”

He went on to say that constructive talks were exchanged with Indian health minister and CEOs of pharmaceutical companies in relevant field.

Elsewhere in his remarks, he pointed to the current situation of the country and added, “expert-level talks were held with 50 Indian pharmaceutical firms, so that all of them expressed their readiness to broaden their level of cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

Iranian health minister termed India as one of the important powers in the field of medicine, supply of raw materials and vaccine and added, “Prestigious Indian drug and vaccine production companies hold a major portion of European and American markets.”

In conclusion, Iranian Minister of Health called for increasing cooperation with Indian pharmaceutical firms in relevant field.

Earlier on Friday, Hashemi announced that Indian pharmaceutical companies will receive support from the Iranian government to facilitate their investment and activities in Iran.

Iran has taken long strides in the field of health and hygiene.

In a relevant development last week, hundreds of Iranian and European specialists and heart surgeons participated in the 2nd International Iran-Europe CTO-Caspian Meeting held at Razavi Hospital in the Northeastern city of Mashhad.

The congress, which was initiated in areas of congenital, structural and valve diseases, as well as chronic obstructive vascular diseases, with the presence of the custodian of Astan Quds Razavi started at the Razavi Hospital last Wednesday.

300 lectures on new subjects, 200 of which by foreign lecturers, and 100 lectures by the Iranian physicians were presented in fifty sections.

In this congress with a special focus on education, more than twenty live case and live inbox operations took place at the Razavi Hospital.

@Nilgiri @Tshering22 @Persian Gulf 1906 @jaiind @AyanRay @Rajesh Kumar @Soumitra

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

Very good news.

India is very important for Iran because India has a very strong domestic pharmaceutical industry. Iran needs access to this during sanctions because Iran is only currently 50% self sufficient for drug needs.

 

[Tshering22]

Very good news.

India is very important for Iran because India has a very strong domestic pharmaceutical industry. Iran needs access to this during sanctions because Iran is only currently 50% self sufficient for drug needs.

Well, we could always 'sub-license' the production of generic medicines. This would of course be under the 'radar'.

Seriously, what kind of an *** of a leader put sanctions on medicines which save lives?

Thousands of innocent lives could be saved due to medicines and that should never be sanctioned.

US is really looking like the villain here by targeting civilians through critical structures such as transport and medicines.

 

[Nilgiri]

Very good news.

India is very important for Iran because India has a very strong domestic pharmaceutical industry. Iran needs access to this during sanctions because Iran is only currently 50% self sufficient for drug needs.

We welcome maximum cooperation with our friend Iran. Say no to imperialists!

@SOHEIL @scythian500 @haman10

 

[haman10]

Iran is only currently 50% self sufficient for drug needs.

Iran produces more than 80% of its needed drugs and medical instruments locally.

One of the most self-reliant countries on earth on the issue.

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

Iran produces more than 80% of its needed drugs and medical instruments locally.

One of the most self-reliant countries on earth on the issue.

source? i specifically remember reading 50% very recently in a iranian source

80% sounds too high to me.

 

[scythian500]

source? i specifically remember reading 50% very recently in a iranian source

80% sounds too high to me.

%97 of all consumed meds in Iran are Iranian-made and %67 of these meds are made using local raw material. Btw, raw material self sufficiency was %54 only two years ago..

https://www.ilna.ir/بخش-اجتماعی-5/689320-کاهش-درصدی-واردات-مواد-اولیه-موثره-دارویی

https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/6735679/۹۷-درصد-دارو‌های-مورد-نیاز-کشور-در-داخل-تولید-می‌شود-هیچ-وارداتی-در-حوزه-دارو‌های-رادیواکتیو-نداریم

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

%97 of all consumed meds in Iran are Iranian-made and %67 of these meds are made using local raw material. Btw, raw material self sufficiency was %54 only two years ago..

https://www.ilna.ir/بخش-اجتماعی-5/689320-کاهش-درصدی-واردات-مواد-اولیه-موثره-دارویی

https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/6735679/۹۷-درصد-دارو‌های-مورد-نیاز-کشور-در-داخل-تولید-می‌شود-هیچ-وارداتی-در-حوزه-دارو‌های-رادیواکتیو-نداریم

hmm interesting, why would there be such large scale medicine shortages under sanctions if 97% of medicines are made in iran?

 

[scythian500]

hmm interesting, why would there be such large scale medicine shortages under sanctions if 97% of medicines are made in iran?

The problem is with that %3 of meds Iran imports.. and guess what..this little %3 are sanctioned by USA.. they say medicine is not sanctioned but they don't say in order to buy meds you need to be able to PAY!!

Sometimes it is not economical to go through producing each and every med... for example, there are meds which are considered exotic as the demand is little. So, it does not make sense to invest a lot just to get a little demand covered so its always better to import it...

Another issue is that we need 1.8 billion dollars to import those %3 imported meds.. and the Gov promised to allocate cheap dollars to these meds...but as the article says.. They only allocated 1 billion dollar so far...

وی با اشاره به یک محاسبه آماری که در سال های گذشته درباره تامین ارز مورد نیاز برای دارو صورت گرفته است، گفت: بررسی ها نشان داده است برای تامین داروی کشور 1.8 میلیارد دلار ارز نیاز داریم، این در حالی است که کمتر از یک میلیارد دلار آن برای 97 درصد داروی مورد نیاز کشور که در داخل تولید می شود، اختصاص می یابد و بقیه آن برای آن سه درصد داروی وارداتی تخصیص می یابد.
شانه ساز افزود: موفقیتی که داروسازان ایرانی پس وقوع انقلاب اسلامی کسب کردند بی نظیر است و بر اساس تخمینی که می توان زد از ارز بری 14 میلیارد دلار سالانه از کشور جلوگیری کرده است.
وی با اشاره به توانمندی داروسازان ایرانی افزود: داروسازان ایرانی می توانند هر دارویی که در جهان تولید می شود، ظرف دو سال با نازلترین قیمت و بالاترین کیفیت در کشور تولید کنند و اگر دارو خاصی تولید نمی شود به لحاظ صرفه جویی است چون می توان آن دارو را با هزینه کمتر از خارج وارد کرد.
اضافه کرد: دانش و توان داروسازان ایرانی جزو 10 کشور دنیا است.​

http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/83009664

 

[Persian Gulf 1906]

The problem is with that %3 of meds Iran imports.. and guess what..this little %3 are sanctioned by USA.. they say medicine is not sanctioned but they don't say in order to buy meds you need to be able to PAY!!

Sometimes it is not economical to go through producing each and every med... for example, there are meds which are considered exotic as the demand is little. So, it does not make sense to invest a lot just to get a little demand covered so its always better to import it...

Another issue is that we need 1.8 billion dollars to import those %3 imported meds.. and the Gov promised to allocate cheap dollars to these meds...but as the article says.. They only allocated 1 billion dollar so far...

وی با اشاره به یک محاسبه آماری که در سال های گذشته درباره تامین ارز مورد نیاز برای دارو صورت گرفته است، گفت: بررسی ها نشان داده است برای تامین داروی کشور 1.8 میلیارد دلار ارز نیاز داریم، این در حالی است که کمتر از یک میلیارد دلار آن برای 97 درصد داروی مورد نیاز کشور که در داخل تولید می شود، اختصاص می یابد و بقیه آن برای آن سه درصد داروی وارداتی تخصیص می یابد.
شانه ساز افزود: موفقیتی که داروسازان ایرانی پس وقوع انقلاب اسلامی کسب کردند بی نظیر است و بر اساس تخمینی که می توان زد از ارز بری 14 میلیارد دلار سالانه از کشور جلوگیری کرده است.
وی با اشاره به توانمندی داروسازان ایرانی افزود: داروسازان ایرانی می توانند هر دارویی که در جهان تولید می شود، ظرف دو سال با نازلترین قیمت و بالاترین کیفیت در کشور تولید کنند و اگر دارو خاصی تولید نمی شود به لحاظ صرفه جویی است چون می توان آن دارو را با هزینه کمتر از خارج وارد کرد.
اضافه کرد: دانش و توان داروسازان ایرانی جزو 10 کشور دنیا است.​

http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/83009664

i think the problem is we need to import raw materials which is harder because of sanctions of course but also government corruption and mismanagement with the cheap dollars that should be first priority to import these medicines going to the regime's best friends!

 

[scythian500]

i think the problem is we need to import raw materials which is harder because of sanctions of course but also government corruption and mismanagement with the cheap dollars that should be first priority to import these medicines going to the regime's best friends!

mismanagement is understandable but where corruption is with this!? Regime's best friends? Which regime..? You mean Iranian gov or national institutions or just military complex?