According to the information center of national elites foundation, on the 102 meeting of
the strategies headquarter for implementation of the scientific macro plan of
the country, head of which is Mohammad Reza Mokhaber Dezfuli, secretary of Supreme
Council for Cultural Revolution, the issue of evaluation of the “national
biotechnology document” was one of the priorities and the generalities of this
area were discussed.

Approving Four Macro Biotechnology
Goals

In this meeting, four macro goals were approved, including
“obtaining the top rank among the 10 countries of the world in biotechnology
field and gaining the first rank in the area of biotechnology in west of Asia”,
“receiving a worthy rank among five countries of Asia”, and “creating 50
thousand jobs directly” and “achieving three percent of the global market of
biotechnology products”. In addition, gaining legal and moral authority in the
world in terms of biotechnology was also approved.

In the medical biotechnology area, there are some
replacements for some medical items with biology origin, which are exported and
their domestic production has been approved.

Production of Required Vaccines Based on
Biotechnology

During this meeting, the issue of producing vaccines
required in the health center was approved in the form of a safe comprehensive
system and production of vaccines for non-transmissible diseases and promotion
of biotechnology-based diagnostic methods.

Determining Six Areas in Industrial Biotechnology
Field

In addition, six topics and goals have been confirmed in
the area of industrial biotechnology, such as production of prioritized
bio-products with impacts on health of society, development of production of
new energies, protein with biological methods, chemical compounds by
traditional methods and development of technology and production of biology
polymers.

Determining the Priorities of Biotechnology in Agriculture

Some of the topics determined as prioritized fields in the
area of agriculture include use of bio-inhibitors in control of pests and
diseases, application of bio fertilizers and feed management compilation, applying
tissue culture plants, use of biotechnology in gene correction and genetic
improvement of livestock, poultry and aquatics, application of molecular
methods in recognition of plant diseases of livestock, poultry and aquatics,
and use of recombinant vaccines in treatment of livestock, poultry and
aquatics.