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pharmaceutical industry is considered as a producer. While before the victory of the Islamic
Revolution, Iran supplied the need of medicines by multinational companies directly or indir
ectly. However, after the victory of the Islamic Revolution and industrialization of the major
part of the pharmaceutical industry, Iran expanded its activities in the field of producing
medicines. Within less than four decades it has succeeded to provide more than 95% of its
domestic needs.

The Islamic Republic along with launching tens of small and big pharmaceutical companies
has accelerated activities like attracting more students in the field of pharmacology and
expanding science-based pharmaceutical companies in order to make pharmaceutical
products with advanced technology.

Official figures show that Iran’s achievements in the field of the pharmaceutical industry in
the years 1979 - 2015 has increased from 30 to 96%.
Iranian experts have been successful in controlling many diseases especially cardiovascular
diseases and hypertension by producing domestic medicines.
The consumption of domestic medicines and their effect on the health of patients are among
the causes of increasing life expectancy in Iran.

The Islamic Republic of Iran exports its pharmaceutical products as well as basic materials for
making medicines to many countries in the West and Central Asia like Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Iran is recognized as one of the top ten countries in the field of the pharmaceutical industry.