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The Pharmaceutical Industry in Iran: Background and Technology Trends that Will Reshape the Market

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Scientific and technological advances, socio-demographic changes, increasing demand for affordable new medicines, and global trade liberalization are shaping the pharmaceutical industry in Iran. This chapter reviews technological development in the Iranian pharmaceutical industry by examining the scope of R&D in pharma and biotech firms, states the progress of molecular research in the industry, and discusses university–industry cooperation as well as government–firm collaborative activities.

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  1. Temad Co., Tehran, Iran

    Alireza Zaharee

  2. Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

    Fatemeh Davami

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, Wisconsin, USA

    Abdol S. Soofi

  2. Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’iUniversity, Tehran, Iran

    Mehdi Goodarzi

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Zaharee, A., Davami, F. (2017). The Pharmaceutical Industry in Iran: Background and Technology Trends that Will Reshape the Market. In: Soofi, A., Goodarzi, M. (eds) The Development of Science and Technology in Iran. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57257-8_9

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