Iran to Hold Expo of Latest Achievements in Medicinal Plants Industry
The 12th National Congress of Medicinal Plants will be held by the Research Institute of Medicinal Plants and Pharmaceutical Raw Materials and the Secretariat of the National Network of Medicinal Plants Research and Technology.
The congress will cover issues like basic sciences, agriculture and natural resources, pharmacy, medicine and veterinary medicine, and industry and economics.
The scientific event will discuss and exchange ideas in different related areas, including genetics, biotechnology, domestication and breeding, primary post-harvest processing, seed technology, traditional medicine, pharmacological effects, clinical effects, formulation and control, production of medicinal plant products, and innovation in production of functional products.
An Iranian official said in March that the country’s knowledge-based companies were producing and supplying 4,500 types of medicine and medical equipment.
“The medical and health sector is one of the advantages of the Iranian economy, and fortunately, we have made significant progress in this area; an instance is the health tourism which has attracted an average of three million health tourists to the country annually,” said Reza Bakhshi Aani, the deputy for the development of the knowledge-based economy at the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-Based Economy.
“This has generated an income of nearly $3.5 billion for the country,” he added.
“At present, the country needs 4,500 types of medicine and medical equipment which are supplied by the knowledge-based companies,” Bakhshi Aani said.
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