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Iranian Deputy Health Minister for Research and Technology Younes Panahi said that the country has made great improvements in the field of health technology and building different medical equipment in the past 7 years.
Iran has improved its ranking in terms of health technology by 60 steps over the past seven years, Panahi said, adding that the country ranked 60th in a 132-country list in the world in 2021, which is a 60-step improvement compared to 2014.
He said that Iran currently has nearly 1,700 knowledge-based centers working on health technology, adding that these include 13 specialized technology parks.
“Indices of health tech development in the world are assessed as innovation indices in the world,” the official said.
Panahi further explained that the indices cover organizational structure, human and research resources, infrastructure, market complexity and business complexity, which show a country’s economic power in the field.
The output, he said, is technological and innovative know-how.
Panahi said Iran is lagging behind in supervision, business environment and how easily one can begin a business, along with foreign investments and cooperation of universities and industries, which need improvement.
The official said to help address the shortcomings, the health ministry needs to make sure the health sector makes its purchases of technological products from the domestic health tech market.
Panahi also called for an integrated management of health tech products, through greater financial support and creation of the required software and hardware infrastructure.
He said these steps, when coupled with facilitation of permits issued by the Food and Drug Administration, will help remove obstacles to domestic output of health tech products.
Iran is one of the countries with good medical capabilities in the field of medicine and medical equipment and can export these products to other countries.
