Knowledge-Based Company in Iran Produces Chemicals with Medicinal Use
“Despite all challenges and problems, we managed to indigenize chemicals with medical use,” Hamed Da’emi, the managing director of the knowledge-based ‘Zharf Andishan Fanavar Zist Baspar (ZFZ)’, stationed at Islamic Azad University’s North Tehran branch, told ANA.
“It usually takes 2 to 3 months for all people who have purchased a chemical or biological substance which is not available in Iran to receive their orders from foreign states but it takes almost two weeks for us to prepare and deliver the material ordered by the customer which increases the buyer's desire to purchase its needs from our company,” he added.
“Some of these raw materials are used to manufacture advanced medication like anti-cancer drugs,” Da’emi said, adding that his company produces special polymer materials that are used to separate blood cells, polymer dressings and other materials with clinical and medicinal applications.
In a relevant development in 2022, another Iranian knowledge-based company had also succeeded in domestic production of raw materials for tissue engineering with application in medical sciences and regenerative medicine.
“Pharmed Ario Zist Baft company was established in the Health Technology Growth Center of Islamic Azad University’s Shahr-e Kord branch by presenting the idea of producing raw materials for tissue engineering, and it received necessary licenses after completing the technical know-how in the field of producing raw materials for tissue engineering with very high purity (including hydroxyapatite powder in nano and micro scales, calcium derivatives, silk fibroin and sericin, all kinds of culture media and biological and chemical buffers),” Ali Aqababayee, the managing director of the knowledge-based company, told ANA on the sidelines of Asreh Omid Event in Tehran.
He added that given the importance of tissue engineering in medical sciences and regenerative medicine, indigenization of raw materials in this field, in addition to reduction of their import, can increase exports in the country and significantly helps researchers in reducing research costs.
“Fortunately, the company has taken strong steps in this direction and has produced high quality and pure products that have various applications in different industries, including pharmaceutical, cosmetics, environment and food industries,” Aqababayee said.
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