page_title: Pasteur Institute of Iran
section_title: Present activities
hierarchical_section_title: Pasteur Institute of Iran / Present activities
caption_attribution_description: فارسی: مراسم بهره برداری از مجموعه پروژه های انستیتو پاستور
context_page_description: Pasteur Institute of Iran is a medical research center located in Tehran, Iran. The institute is one of the oldest leading research and public health centers in Iran and the Middle East, was established in 1920 following an agreement between the Institute Pasteur of Paris and the Iranian government. The Pasteur Institute of Iran was developed with the help of a land donation from Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma. Its mission is to support advanced research and to provide innovative programs in basic and applied medical sciences, and production of biopharmaceuticals and diagnostic kits with special emphasis on infectious diseases. It meets the specialized and scientific health demands of the local community and tries to establish a link between applied research and industry. Pasteur Institute is a leading regional facility in the development and manufacture of vaccines. The institute has a total staff of 1300 in its 28 departments and 5 branches in different cities of Iran, which are active in different areas of medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology. There are about 300 PhDs and M.Sc graduates.
context_section_description: Over time, the Pasteur Institute of Iran's research departments have been added to suit the needs of the community, and today the Institute continues to operate with six research groups and 20 research departments .
  At present, the research policy pursued by the institute is to conduct basic and applied research in the field of research and diagnosis, to present various disease control methods focusing on infectious diseases, and to conduct joint research projects with centers inside and outside the country.
caption: Former health minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi opens a new research center in Pasteur institute
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