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Minister: Iran Ranks 1st in Producing Medical Equipment, Medicine in Region
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi boasted the country's astonishing progress in producing medical tools, equipment and drugs, saying that Iran ranks first in synthesizing different drugs and medications in the region.
"Iran certainly ranks first in the region in producing medical equipment and medicine and those who stand behind us cannot be compared with Iran at all," Vahid Dastjerdi said addressing the inaugural ceremony of an international exhibition on medical, dentistry and laboratory equipments in Tehran on Monday.
The minister further mentioned that Iran exports medical tools and equipment worth $12bln each year and produces 96% of its medical needs, adding that the country also produces 70% of its needed pharmaceutical raw materials domestically.
Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology, particularly in medical and medicinal fields, in recent years.
In a landmark pharmaceutical progress, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced in January that Iranian scientists have managed to synthesize two new types of radiomedicines to treat malignant types of cancer.
"The Iranian scientists and researchers of the AEOI's Nuclear Science and Technology Research Center succeeded in producing two new radiomedicines for the first time to cure malignant cancers," AEOI Spokesman Hamid Khadem Qaemi said at the time.
He named the radiomedicines as Lutetium-177 Phosponate (EDTMP) for bone pain palliation in metastatic prostate cancer and Iodine 131 Chlorotoxin to treat malignant glioma.
Also, Iran in December unveiled five different radiomedicine projects with applications for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of a number of diseases.
In September, Iran announced that it plans to synthesize 20 kinds of radiomedicine inside the country, stressing that its scientists are capable of supplying the 20%-enriched uranium needed for the production of such drugs.
"Iran has gained the necessary preparedness to produce 20 radiomedicines and we will provide the 20% (enriched) fuel needed for the production of these medicines this year," Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) for Planning, International and Parliamentary Affairs Massoud Akhavan-Fard told FNA in September.
In addition to the Tehran research reactor which has long been used by radioisotope production, Iran also plans to build four other research reactors in the other parts of the country, he added.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9002261003
Iran has unveiled a domestically designed high-tech pharmaceutical machine and nine new drugs on the sidelines of an international health exhibition in Tehran.
The 14th Iran Health Exhibition in Tehran, which opened on Monday, saw a glass-lined reactor designed and manufactured after 12 years of research by Iranian experts.
The machine is capable of producing active pharmaceutical compounds, which are the main ingredients of medicines.
Most active pharmaceutical compounds contain acids and therefore anti-corrosive environments are required in order to produce most drugs," Project Manager Faramarz Ekhteraei told Press TV.
"With the technology that we have used, the steel container is lines with three-millimeter-thick glass," explained Ekhteraei, who heads Iran's Chemical and Pharmaceutical Raw Material Syndicate.
Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi took pride in the reactor as a great achievement for Iran.
"There are only five countries that are capable of manufacturing these reactors. We are proud that Iran is among them," she said.
"There are only five countries in the world capable of manufacturing such reactors. We are proud that Iran is among them and I have to add that with the high standards and latest technology employed in this machine, we can look forward to making high-quality drugs in the country," Vahid-Dastjerdi said.
Along with the glass-lined reactor, the four-day exhibition also showed off nine new domestically produced asthma and cancer medicines.
"The medicines include drugs meant for curing infertility, cancer, MS (multiple sclerosis), asthma and pulmonary diseases," the Iranian health minister said.
"Five of these drugs were produced by one company and four others by three other domestic firms...Their final price is 60 to 70 percent lower than their foreign counterparts," Mehr news agency quoted her as saying.
The medicines in question also include three inhalers which are made based on the most common asthma treatments and are expected to save the country 20 million dollars in pharmaceutical imports, said Ali Montaseri, the Managing Director of Jaber Ebne Hayyan pharmaceutical company.
Another product on display is nasal drops, also expected to save 10 million dollars for the country, Montaseri added.
Iran's osseointegrated titanium implants, incusing skull and face implants, were among the latest medical developments in the Tehran exhibit.
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi boasted the country's astonishing progress in producing medical tools, equipment and drugs, saying that Iran ranks first in synthesizing different drugs and medications in the region.
"Iran certainly ranks first in the region in producing medical equipment and medicine and those who stand behind us cannot be compared with Iran at all," Vahid Dastjerdi said addressing the inaugural ceremony of an international exhibition on medical, dentistry and laboratory equipments in Tehran on Monday.
The minister further mentioned that Iran exports medical tools and equipment worth $12bln each year and produces 96% of its medical needs, adding that the country also produces 70% of its needed pharmaceutical raw materials domestically.
Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology, particularly in medical and medicinal fields, in recent years.
In a landmark pharmaceutical progress, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced in January that Iranian scientists have managed to synthesize two new types of radiomedicines to treat malignant types of cancer.
"The Iranian scientists and researchers of the AEOI's Nuclear Science and Technology Research Center succeeded in producing two new radiomedicines for the first time to cure malignant cancers," AEOI Spokesman Hamid Khadem Qaemi said at the time.
He named the radiomedicines as Lutetium-177 Phosponate (EDTMP) for bone pain palliation in metastatic prostate cancer and Iodine 131 Chlorotoxin to treat malignant glioma.
Also, Iran in December unveiled five different radiomedicine projects with applications for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of a number of diseases.
In September, Iran announced that it plans to synthesize 20 kinds of radiomedicine inside the country, stressing that its scientists are capable of supplying the 20%-enriched uranium needed for the production of such drugs.
"Iran has gained the necessary preparedness to produce 20 radiomedicines and we will provide the 20% (enriched) fuel needed for the production of these medicines this year," Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) for Planning, International and Parliamentary Affairs Massoud Akhavan-Fard told FNA in September.
In addition to the Tehran research reactor which has long been used by radioisotope production, Iran also plans to build four other research reactors in the other parts of the country, he added.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9002261003
Iran has unveiled a domestically designed high-tech pharmaceutical machine and nine new drugs on the sidelines of an international health exhibition in Tehran.
The 14th Iran Health Exhibition in Tehran, which opened on Monday, saw a glass-lined reactor designed and manufactured after 12 years of research by Iranian experts.
The machine is capable of producing active pharmaceutical compounds, which are the main ingredients of medicines.
Most active pharmaceutical compounds contain acids and therefore anti-corrosive environments are required in order to produce most drugs," Project Manager Faramarz Ekhteraei told Press TV.
"With the technology that we have used, the steel container is lines with three-millimeter-thick glass," explained Ekhteraei, who heads Iran's Chemical and Pharmaceutical Raw Material Syndicate.
Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi took pride in the reactor as a great achievement for Iran.
"There are only five countries that are capable of manufacturing these reactors. We are proud that Iran is among them," she said.
"There are only five countries in the world capable of manufacturing such reactors. We are proud that Iran is among them and I have to add that with the high standards and latest technology employed in this machine, we can look forward to making high-quality drugs in the country," Vahid-Dastjerdi said.
Along with the glass-lined reactor, the four-day exhibition also showed off nine new domestically produced asthma and cancer medicines.
"The medicines include drugs meant for curing infertility, cancer, MS (multiple sclerosis), asthma and pulmonary diseases," the Iranian health minister said.
"Five of these drugs were produced by one company and four others by three other domestic firms...Their final price is 60 to 70 percent lower than their foreign counterparts," Mehr news agency quoted her as saying.
The medicines in question also include three inhalers which are made based on the most common asthma treatments and are expected to save the country 20 million dollars in pharmaceutical imports, said Ali Montaseri, the Managing Director of Jaber Ebne Hayyan pharmaceutical company.
Another product on display is nasal drops, also expected to save 10 million dollars for the country, Montaseri added.
Iran's osseointegrated titanium implants, incusing skull and face implants, were among the latest medical developments in the Tehran exhibit.
HN/HGH/MB/MRS/MGH
PressTV - Iran hails new medical achievements
