Iran’s Razi Institute Produces 3.5 Billion Dozes of Vaccine Annually  

“A total number of 85 types of vaccines have been produced in this institute. The production of 35% of poultry vaccines and 70% of medical vaccines needed in the country is among the achievements of our institute,” Es'haqi said.

Noting that the researchers of Razi Institute have succeeded in producing a temperature-resistant Theileriosis vaccine, he said, “Previously, the vaccine was produced at nitrogen temperature, which was a complicated and difficult process, and now a temperature-resistant vaccine for livestock has been produced.”

“The dual live poultry vaccine is another achievement of Razi Institute; this vaccine has been produced for H120 clone and bronchitis and is used for poultry,” Es'haqi said.

“We have 6 branches across Iran and produce 3.5 billion doses of vaccines annually,” he underlined.

In a relevant development last year, the Tehran-based Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute had also developed an antidote to save people’s lives against venomous ‘black snake’ bites in Southeastern Province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Referring to the recent deadly black snake bites in Sistan and Balochestan region, Nasser Mohammadpour, the head of venomous animals department of Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute said, “Usually, antivenom is not made for snakes with limited distribution, but it seems that Razi Institute's hexavalent antivenom has the capability to neutralize lethality of this snake’s venom.”

The researcher said that as soon as local Iranian media reported of deadly bites by black snake in the Southeastern province recently, the Razi institute took action and sent a team of its experienced experts from the department of venomous animals to the area and conducted field research for 10 days.

“The snake that our colleagues identified in Sistan and Balochestan is known as ‘black snake’ and its scientific name is Bungarus Sndanus, which is a member of the family of cobras. Considering that the pentavalent antimonial and especially hexavalent produced by Razi Institute have the capability to neutralize the venom of cobras, it is expected that institute’s antidotes can neutralize the lethality of this snake’s venom too,” Mohammadpour said.

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