VP: Iran Aims to Produce 1.5 Million Liters of Plasma

“The consumption and need for plasma in the country is about 1.4 million liters. Our goal, in addition to meeting domestic needs, is to become active in the field of plasma exports. Therefore, by the end of the Seventh Development Plan, our goal will be to supply 1.5 million liters of plasma,” Afshin said.

He added that the government has tried support the plasma industry activists, noting that there have been many difficulties in the path of creating a plasma refinery, from supplying feed to refining, storage and transportation.

In relevant remarks in April, Secretary of the Biotechnology, Health and Medical Technologies Headquarters of the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy Mostafa Qaneyee announced new plans to establish plasma collection centers and deploy plasmapheresis machines in the northern city of Rasht.

“The country's need to plasma-derived drugs will be significantly met by the end of the next year with these efforts,” Qaneyee said.

“One of the active companies in this field has a production capacity of 300,000 liters annually and another company produces 80,000 50-ml vials of albumin and 72,000 50-ml vials of intravenous immunoglobulin, meeting 25% of the country's needs,” he added.

“Also, another company has 10 beds and 10 plasmapheresis machines for plasma collection,” Qaneyee said.

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