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List of drugs to be manufactured for downsizing imports Iran Sets Punishment for Errant Exporters Import of Livestock Permitted Accession of Iran to Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Commercial Benefit Dues on Prefab Housing Equipment Reduced to Zero Calculation of Import Dues in Current Year Remains Unchanged Commercial Benefit Rates for Import of SKD and CKD Goods Tax Exemption for Petrochemical Exports Evaluation of Imported Goods Rate parity for foreign and Iranian national hotel guests New Law for Iranian-Greek mutual foreign investment Export of Wheat Allowed Importation Permitted Except from Israel Identity Tags and Codes for Iranian Carpets Non-standard goods shall be returned to sender Anti-dumping decree comes into effect 15 Special Facilities for Investors in Qeshm Free Zone Prosecution for late exit of temporarily-imported vehicles Iran implements law for protecting car owners Bylaw of the Law of the Special Economic Zones Organizational Changes in Registration of Companies and Intellectual Property Foreign Brand Names Restricted to Duly Licensed Manufacturers Minimum Commercial Benefit Tax for S.K.D. and C.K.D. Goods Importation of Motor Vehicles Allowed as Before Commercial Cards Issued in Free Zones Valid on Mainland Penalties for Unauthorized Stay of Foreign Nationals Imported Goods Tariffs of Past Year Applicable to Current Year Invoices for Imported Goods Must be Legalized

26 December 2007

List of drugs to be manufactured for downsizing imports

Nourlaw.com, 26 December 2007 -- The director general for surveillance of drugs and narcotics affairs of the ministry of health in circular letter number D/5/52/39054 dated 7/9/86 (28 November 2007) has declared: 'Since provision of factual and transparent information in relation to adoption of expertly and adequately rendered decisions shall have an important and indisputable role in expansion of the national drug industry, attached hereto is the list of the drugs for which manufacturing licenses are available. It also contains the number of applicants and the stage of consideration for the related files and the drugs for which import applications have been made. It is hoped that the related expertise, experience, technology, time and financial resources shall be utilized to expedite the issuance of licenses for the manufacture of new drugs and result in further reduction of the country's dependence on imported drugs. The list has been placed on the Food and Drug Office website www.fdo.ir and shall be updated every month".   The list is as seen here below.  Rank Code Name of Drug Number of Applications in the Registration Department In Process of Consideration Number of Permits Issued Number of Registered Imported Drug       1 7 ACETAMINOPHEN 325MG TAB 2 4 8     2 2012 ACETAMINOPHEN 500MG TAB 2 4 13     3 1842 ALENDRONATE SODIUM 10MG TAB 1 4 4 1   4 2406 ALENDRONATE SODIUM 70MG TAB 1 3 3 1   5 1382 ALPRAZOLAM 1MG TAB 1 3 4     6 40 ALPRAZOLAM 0.5MG TAB 1 3 5 2   7 49 ALUMINIUM MGS SUSP 1 3 5     8 70 AMLODIPINE BESYLATE 5MG TAB 1 4 18 2   9 78 AMOXICILLIN 250MG/5ML 100ML POW SUSP 1 3 5     10 114 ATENOLOL 100MG TAB 2 4 8     11 1911 ATORVASTATIN 20MG TAB 2 4 19 1   12 1912 ATORVASTATIN 40MG TAB 2 4 13     13 159 BETAMETHASONE 0.1% LOTION 1 3 3     14 160 BETAMETHASONE 0.1% I5G OINT 2 4 8     15 2028 BRIMONIDINE TARTRATE 0.2% OPH DROP 1 1 0 1   16 1414 BUPRENORPHINE 0.3MG/1ML AMP 1 2 1     17 2312 CALCITONIN 100 IU/ML AMP 1 1 0 1   18 206 CAPTOPRIL 50MG TAB 1 3 3     19 2475 CARVEDILOL 6.25MG TAB 4 4 7 2   20 1924 CARVEDILOL 12.5MG TAB 5 4 7 2   21 1925 CARVEDILOL  25MG TAB 5 4 5 1   22 246 CEPHALEXIN 250MG/5ML 100ML POW FOR SUSP 1 4 5     23 2418 CEFEPIME HYDROCHLORIDE 500MG ViAL 2 3 2 1   24 2416 CEFEPIME HYDROCHLORIDE 1 G VIAL 2 3 2 1   25 2417 CEFEPIME HYDROCHLORIDE 2 G VIAL 2 3 2 1   26 7495 CEFIXIME 200MG CAP 1 4 8     226 CEFIXIME 200MG TAB   27 3849 CEFIXIME 100MG/5ML 50ML FOR SUSP 1 4 8     2419 CEFIXIME 100MG/5ML 100ML FOR SUSP   28 1913 CELECOXIB 100MG CAP 1 4 17 2   29 1932 CELECOXIB 200MG CAP 1 3 2 1   30 290 CIMETIDINE 200MG TAB 1 3 4     31 295 CIPROFLOXACIN HCL 250MG TAB 1 4