title: Impacts of international sanctions on Iranian pharmaceutical market.
abstract: Iran in recent decade faced several regional and international sanctions in foreign trade, financial and banking services. Iran national pharmaceutical industry has always played a major role in providing medicines to the Iranian patients. However, following the sanctions it has faced profound difficulties for importing of both finished products and pharmaceutical raw materials. Although medicines are exempted from sanctions, due to restriction on money transaction and proper insurance Iranian pharmaceutical companies have to pay cash in advance for imports of medicines and raw materials or to secure offshore funds at very high risks. Current situation in Iran pharmaceutical market confirms that the sanctions against Iran are affecting ordinary citizens and national health sector which resulted to reduction of availability of lifesaving medicines in the local market and has caused increasing pain and suffering for Iranian patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. majidcheraghali@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Abdol Majid
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cheraghali
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