President Ebrahim Raisi made the comments on an inspection visit to the Pardis Science and Technology Park located in the Pardis town near the capital Tehran on Tuesday.

On the visit, the president unveiled five knowledge-based pharmaceutical products developed by domestic Iranian companies.

Raisi described the development of knowledge-based economy as one of the country’s priorities in the path of growth and development and emphasized on the quantitative and qualitative development of the complex.

Recalling the emphasis of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei on the development of knowledge-based production in his message on the occasion on Nowruz to name the new Iranian year of 1401 earlier this month, the President called the position of science and technology parks in the realization of this naming important and called on all actors of the knowledge-based ecosystem to play an active role.

The President also stressed the need for easy and cheap supply of medicine to the people during his visit to pharmaceutical companies.

Also during the visit, five knowledge-based pharmaceutical products were unveiled in the presence of the President.

On the visit to Aria Teb Firooz Knowledge-Based Company, Raisi was briefed about the production stages of haemodialysis machines. The company has an annual production capacity of 2,000 haemodialysis machines.

The President also visited various departments of Bio-Fermentation Pharmaceutical Company and the quality control laboratory of probiotic products and pharmaceutical supplements.