{"id":337557,"date":"2025-09-26T20:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=337557"},"modified":"2025-09-26T20:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:47:21","slug":"irans-pharmaceutical-industry-in-crisis-a-structural-failure-endangering-public-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/irans-pharmaceutical-industry-in-crisis-a-structural-failure-endangering-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Pharmaceutical Industry in Crisis: A Structural Failure Endangering Public Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_253264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253264\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-253264 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-Pharmacy-e1758914540864.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Pharmacy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-Pharmacy-e1758914540864.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-Pharmacy-e1758914540864-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-Pharmacy-e1758914540864-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-Pharmacy-e1758914540864-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-Pharmacy-e1758914540864-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Iran-Pharmacy-e1758914540864-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An employee at a pharmacy in Iran serving customers with their prescriptions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Two-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pharmaceutical and medical equipment sector in Iran, a cornerstone of the country\u2019s health system, is sinking into a deep crisis driven mainly by internal mismanagement and government corruption. This collapse has pushed patients toward unaffordable drug prices, forced manufacturers to the brink of bankruptcy, and laid bare the regime\u2019s structural failures in safeguarding public health.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Price Controls: A Policy That Backfires<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Domestically, state-imposed price controls stand out as a major crisis driver. Though presented as patient protection, this policy has crushed both producers and consumers. Heydar Mohammadi, former head of the Food and <a href=\"https:\/\/jahanesanat.ir\/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%9B-%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drug Organization, notes<\/a> that the government\u2019s attempt to cap drug prices has weakened the role of insurance and forced companies to halt production of critical hospital medicines due to year-long delays in return on investment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Experts say that limiting price increases to 15% in an economy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khabaronline.ir\/news\/2119483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with 40% inflation<\/a> destroys the market and pushes producers toward closure. With profit margins reduced to barely 3.9%, innovation, research, and development are sidelined, leaving the industry technologically stagnant compared to European firms that reinvest high profits into modernization.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News in Brief<br \/>&quot;If the crisis in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pharmaceutical?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pharmaceutical<\/a> industry is not resolved as soon as possible, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/healthcare?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#healthcare<\/a> system of the country will be seriously endangered,&quot; state-run Hamshahri warned on May 4.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vpm5v2TVeP\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vpm5v2TVeP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q139FE5ihs\">pic.twitter.com\/Q139FE5ihs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1654051136570114049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cash Flow Crisis and Delayed Payments<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liquidity shortages have locked the sector into a vicious cycle. Mehdi Pirsalehi, head of the Food and <a href=\"https:\/\/eqtesaddan.ir\/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%9B-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drug Organization, stresses<\/a> that massive unpaid debts from government institutions have paralyzed production, rendering allocated currency unusable. With operational cycles exceeding 400 days and financing costs above 38%, companies are forced into high-interest loans that negate the state\u2019s supposed 25% profit margins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Mohammad Abbedehzadeh, head of the Syndicate of Human Pharmaceutical Industries, points out that pharmaceutical companies\u2019 claims\u2014often delayed for more than two years\u2014rarely make headlines, unlike the debts of wheat farmers, exposing the regime\u2019s lack of priority for medicine as a strategic commodity.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Insurance Failures and Distorted Subsidies<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Insurance weakness further undermines the sector. Mohammadi argues that strong insurance could stabilize the system, but agencies lack funding from the Planning and Budget Organization. The Social Security Organization diverts health premiums toward pensions instead of healthcare, creating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1404\/06\/25\/3400769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">six-month payment delays<\/a> to pharmacies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rather than strengthening insurance, the regime resorts to indirect subsidies, fueling smuggling of medicines to neighboring countries, draining domestic supplies, and deepening corruption.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cToday, following a meeting in the Food and Drug Organization, pharmaceutical companies were authorized to increase the prices of their products by 20 to 30 percent from Thursday. Of course, the price increase can be higher,\u201d the state-run Khabaronline reported on July 16. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v5PkaWHSrl\">pic.twitter.com\/v5PkaWHSrl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1549741093398450177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Managerial Instability and Conflicting Authorities<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Frequent leadership changes have exacerbated the crisis. In just eight years, some departments saw five director changes, erasing institutional stability. The Food and Drug Organization controls only 30\u201335% of decision-making, while key powers remain fragmented among the Central Bank, parliament, and other agencies, leaving accountability scattered and ineffective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The contrast with neighboring countries underscores the severity of the failure. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1288737\/turkey-average-price-of-pharmaceuticals-per-package\/?srsltid=AfmBOopNe6Yl0SXB_KK7eS24rJ6Hk3MDhHbDNTP3lRaRx4CGrD1T1NhE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turkey spends $10.3 billion<\/a> annually on pharmaceuticals compared to Iran\u2019s $5 billion. Without support for domestic production, Pirsalehi warns, imports will become exponentially costlier. With high depreciation rates and the absence of annual investments of at least $200 million, Iran\u2019s pharmaceutical industry is decaying rapidly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But a few months later, Raisi\u2019s government introduced the so-called \u201cDarooyar\u201d plan or medical assistance plan, officially allowing pharmaceutical companies to increase the prices of prescription drugs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K03PHKJINh\">pic.twitter.com\/K03PHKJINh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1549741087547424768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Strategic Defeat<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The decline of Iran\u2019s pharmaceutical industry is not merely an economic issue\u2014it is a strategic failure of governance under the rule of absolute clerical authority. What should be a pillar of national health security has become a symbol of systemic corruption, misguided policies, and misplaced priorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Patients face shortages, producers face bankruptcy, and the public faces eroding trust in a regime that treats medicine as just another commodity while sacrificing public health to maintain its hold on power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read The pharmaceutical and medical equipment sector in Iran, a cornerstone of the country&rsquo;s health system, is sinking into a deep crisis driven mainly by internal mismanagement and government 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