Iran Makes Lymphoma Cancer Drug
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian researcher produced a drug to cure lymphoma cancer.
Professor Reza Sheikhnejad told Tasnim on Tuesday that the homegrown medication, named Sistana, is used for the treatment of patients suffering from lymphoma cancer.
If the Iranian Food and Drug Organization gives permission for the clinical tests, patients will be injected with the homegrown drug in late May, he added.
He said if the clinical tests yield positive results, Sistana and a number of other homegrown drugs will come onto the market for the first time.
Sistana takes its name from Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, the home province of Professor Sheikhnejad.
Under a contract with an Iranian pharmaceutical company, 20 percent of the profits from the sale of the cancer drug will be allotted to the development of the Sistan region of the province.
