INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - The problem of medicine and medical devices production and self-sufficiency in these areas is one of the governments top
priorities, Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi has said.Medicine and medical devices are 2 important areas connected to individualss
health, he said, adding: We are trying to reach self-sufficiency for the supply of medication and medical devices, IRNA reported.On January
13, the head of Irans Union of Medical Equipment Manufacturers and Exporters stated that medical equipment worth around $20 million is
exported to more than 60 countries annually.More than 70 percent of medical devices and 100 percent of regular medical facility beds are
locally made, IRNA estimated Abdolreza Yaqoubzadeh as saying.Also, over 95 percent of specific ICU and CCU beds and more than 85 percent of
running room medical equipment such as anesthesia devices and other devices are manufactured with innovative innovation in the country, he
added.Yaqoubzadeh went on to state that the nations need for medical equipment production is 3 to 4 billion dollars each year, some one
billion dollars of which is imported.Some 600 medical devices business are active in the nation, producing around 99 percent of the medicine
supplied to the domestic market.Medical devices manufacturers in the country produce and supply over 10,000 types of medical equipment to
domestic and foreign markets
Now, numerous pieces of lab equipment are manufactured at prices much lower than the very same foreign items.
