Details of holding the 7th “National Health Fan Bazaar”/ activities of 1128 knowledge-based companies in the field of health

According to Fars News Agency’s health reporter, Yunus Panahi, Deputy Researcher of the Ministry of Health, stated in a press conference: The 7th National Health Fan Bazaar will be held on January 11 and 12.

He said: The purpose of this event is to fulfill the motto of the year, and we expect the country’s universities and knowledge-based companies to have a specialized meeting, in this way, on the first day of the opening, it will be held with the presence of officials, and visits to specialized stands in the field of health will be made. became.

Panahi added: We will have three specialized programs, effective governance meeting, new technology, intellectual property in the field of health will be among these programs. We will also have a series of educational and cultural programs.
The Deputy Researcher of the Ministry of Health stated that holding workshops in the field of student business, we will try to have professors and students present in this program so that there can be a discussion and exchange of opinions in the field of self-sufficiency of medical equipment and drugs.

He continued: One of the characteristics of this technology market will be the use of the country’s capacities in the field of influencing and culturalizing health technology. One of the concerns of technology activists is intellectual property, which will also be discussed in this area.
Panahi stated that Iran’s position in the field of scientific technology has increased from 60 to 53 and emphasized on the use of modern medical sciences.

The Deputy Researcher of the Ministry of Health continued: The policy of the Ministry of Health is always to emphasize prevention, and the Minister of Health tends to use the capacity to prevent the spread of diseases, a clear example of which was the Corona vaccine.

He said: With vaccination, the death rate in our country is better than in other countries, and the people of our country had a better acceptance of vaccination, compliance with health protocols should always be on the agenda.

Panahi added: Most of the equipment that will be presented in this exhibition has preventive value and we should move towards devices that have diagnostic value. Today, diagnostic kits are used in screening. He said: About 8,000 knowledge-based companies are active in the country, of which 1,128 are active in the health field, 25% of knowledge-based companies are active in the health field, and these companies account for about 27% of total sales. and 33% belong to knowledge-based companies in the field of health and are active in the field of food, medicine and medical equipment, knowledge-based companies have grown by 16% in the field of health.

According to Panahi, currently every province can have a science and technology park, and the universities of Sistan and Baluchistan and Shiraz also have science and technology parks.

He said: A knowledge-based company should have economic value, currently we have 98 growth centers in the country, 11 science and technology parks are active in the country, the number of inventions has been 2048, and its statistical charts have been growing, of which 647 They are commercial products.

Panahi clarified: In our country, wherever there is production in the field of health, Bad must get a license from the Ministry of Health.

In response to a question regarding the support of researchers, Panahi said: We have implemented the law of production jump and implemented the regulations for the support of knowledge-based companies, and a significant percentage of research projects have gone to knowledge-based companies, and our budget has been directed. Is.

He added: We paid attention to the knowledge bases in the structure, regulations and payments, technological research projects are a priority, and by the order of the Minister of Health, the knowledge base camp was formed and all the deputy members are members of this camp to facilitate their work, from the end We give special support to technological thesis and one hundred million tomans are paid to all technological theses.

Panahi added: For the first time in the history of the Ministry of Health, student budgets are paid quickly, and in the Nimad system, students can register their research project, and we support them, and there are various committees in the Research and Technology Department of the Ministry of Health, which are more than five hundred. Some of the country’s elites are members of the decision-making committees.

He clarified: One of the tools of scientific authority is the cultivation of elites, and not only the Ministry of Health, but also the ministries have a good plan to attract and cultivate elites, and we hope that these people can take the helm of the country.

Panahi explained about research budgets in the country: We have a fixed budget and a budget is also provided to us from the gross production, and its number is below two percent. do. There are also researcher support funds that help researchers.

He said: Donors have a good capacity to help in the field of research and the cost in this field is investment.

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