Iranian VP: Development of medical technologies accelerating in Iran

Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has said Iran can now significantly satisfy its needs in the fields of diagnosis and treatment with help from knowledge-based companies.

He was speaking at a ceremony where he inaugurated the production line of medical diagnostic kits using quantitative luminescence, which will make Iran self-sufficient in this respect.
Sattari added that a big problem faced by Iran’s health sector, notably during the Covid pandemic, was access to laboratory equipment and diagnostic kits. Fortunately, this problem was solved with the intervention of knowledge-based companies that happened in a timely manner.
The Iranian vice president noted that the Covid pandemic paved the way for focusing on the laboratory field and diagnostic kits.
Sattari said over 300 knowledge-based companies are active in medical diagnostic technologies, and the Coronavirus pandemic only made it possible for Iran to make progress in this sphere.
Sattari then pointed to the role of synapse accelerators in the production of medical diagnostic kits. He said Pishtaz Teb Zaman Knowledge-based Company has made it possible to support and lead technological and innovative teams.
The Iranian vice president added that Pishtaz Teb Zaman has already produced 16 new kits and that it will make 40 others.
Sattari underlined that the 16 kits will however meet 90% of the market demand.
According to the vice president, the manufacture of the products and the launching of the production line are only a prelude to removing obstacles.
Sattari also said following this accelerator’s success, more companies will follow suit by entering the field.

Self-sufficiency in production and end to import of medical kits; development of the market of knowledge-based companies
Sattari referred to the market building support and purchasing Iranian-made goods to help with the companies’ prosperity, saying that luckily, a public culture has developed that will pave the way for knowledge-based companies to enlarge using private sector investment.