TEHRAN – A total of 95 incubation centers, as well as 12 science and technology parks are active in the country’s health sector, Younes Panahi, the deputy minister of health for research and technology, has said.

The incubation centers seek to help entrepreneurs transform ideas and results of research into marketable products. 

The most important activities of the center include providing support and guiding services such as educational services, establishing communication between technology units and governmental or nongovernmental organizations, and helping to commercialize the research achievements of the technology sector.

As much as 1,693 knowledge-based companies are active in the field of health, he said, ILNA reported on Sunday.

Referring to the transformation of health research into technology, he said that over 222,000 research projects and 553 technology plans have been prepared from 75,000 ISI articles published in universities and research centers.