Tasnim � Secretary of Iran�s Union of Medical Equipment Exporters Reza Kompani said the Islamic Republic is exporting medical equipment to 40 countries around the world, including Germany and Italy.

�Currently, Iran�s medical supplies are exported to 40 countries worldwide,� Kompani said on Saturday, adding that the equipment is exported in various ways.

The official added that some Western European countries, including Germany and Italy, are among the destinations for medical equipment produced in Iran.

In the last Iranian year, (March 2017 � March 2018), the country exported $24 million worth of medical supplies, weighing 680 tons, Kompani stated.

In recent years, Iran has managed to make great headways in using modern technologies to manufacture a wide range of medical equipment and medicines.

Earlier this month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in the early years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the country used to produce 25 percent of the needed pharmaceuticals but now the figure has reached 95 percent.

Back in November, the Middle East�s biggest pharmaceutical factory specializing in the production of anticancer drugs was inaugurated in Iran.

As the US sanctions against Iran have made it difficult for the people of the country to have access to some medications such as anticancer drugs, the factory is providing a wide range of such medicines for patients.