Technology, Innovation Tower Put into Operation in Isfahan
The technology tower was built on a land of 4,800 square meters and with a base of 23,000 square meters in 14 floors. The tower built in a collaborative project between the private and public sectors hosts the administrative and research and development offices of technological companies and institutions, and units providing technology commercialization services.
The technology tower can host 70 technological and knowledge-based companies and institutes, and in addition to providing deployment services, it also provides consulting, management, marketing and product development services to established technology centers and companies.
In a relevant development in June, Iranian experts at the Innovation House of Medicinal Plants of Islamic Azad University’s Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan) have managed to make 400 technological products by using the indigenized know-how and different advanced equipment.
“Among the latest events of the Innovation House of Medicinal Plants is the launch of the first specialized fab lab (or digital fabrication laboratory) for medicinal plants (laboratories for rapid manufacturing of innovative samples and its testing),” Kamran Safavi, the head of Innovation House of Medicinal Plants of the Islamic Azad University’s Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), told ANA.
“Now, over 60 technological and knowledge-based units are stationed in the Innovation House of Medicinal Plants and they have produced 300 commercial products and over 100 formulated products so far,” he added.
“The establishment of a science and technology park or campus has also been included in our plans,” Safavi said.
"Iran ranks fourth in the world in production of science in the field of traditional medicine, and the remarkable achievement will improve in the coming years," Nafiseh Hosseini Yekta, the Director of the Health Ministry’s Persian medicine office, said.
There are 2,500 plant species with medicinal properties in Iran where hundreds of local companies and research centers cultivate, harvest, and process these plants to extract their essential oils and create novel medications from them, luring in international businesses which are seeking low-price, high-quality products.
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