VOL. XXXIII

NO. 50

17-SEPTEMBER-1990

Iran

Iran Plans Nine Large Pharmaceutical Projects

The National Iranian Industries Organization (NIIO) has announced that itintends to establish nine large pharmaceutical plants during the currentfive-year plan at a cost of Rs45bn ($666mn). The Tabriz-based company said thatthe projects will make Iran self-sufficient in medicine by 1995. Three projectscosting RS20bn ($296mn) will be set up in Tabriz, including the Zakaria Razipharmaceuticals factory which has...