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Iran to Unveil 6 New Biotechnological Products on Thursday

A0895837 Iran is scheduled to unveil 6 new home-made biotechnological products in a ceremony in Tehran on Thursday.

The new products will be uncovered in the 2nd Iran Biotech Festival in Tehran’s Permanent International Exhibition Fairground, which started work today and will last until January 19.

Diagnostic kits of Equipment devices and a number of commercialized products are among the new Iran-made biotechnological goods which are due to be unveiled on Thursday.

Most of the products have been synthesized by Iranian private companies.

Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology, particularly in medical and medicinal fields, in recent years.

Iranian Deputy Health Minister for Research and Technology Mostafa Qaneyee announced earlier this month that Iran will start mass-production of 10 new home-made biomedicines in the next few years.

“These 10 drugs include medicines to treat cancer, infertility, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, MS, Crohn’s disease, gout, hemophilia and diabetic ulcers and have applications in healing wounds and burns and blood production,” Qaneyee said.

“A number of the mentioned medicines have applications as multipurpose drugs for treating diseases like cancer, as well as (diseases caused during) chemotherapy stages and hepatitis C,” he added.

“The industrial and semi-industrial stages of producing the mentioned drugs will be gradually completed between the next 2 to 3 years,” Qanayee underlined.

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