It is clear that the qualitative and quantitative development of the laboratory services in the country requires the establishment of the necessary infrastructures in the country. One of the main pre-requisites of this issue is creating a market and providing an opportunity for commercialization of products and services.

We have attempted to expand the market of laboratory services; a market that has many benefits for the society, the health system and laboratories of the country. Pointing out this issue, Reza Asadifard expressed: our main goal in 2020 is developing the market of laboratory services as one of the needs of the health system.

According to Asadifard, about 7,000 members work with the Strategic Technologies Laboratory Network of the Vice-Presidency, and this large population means acceptable and reliable capability in this area.

Implementation of incentive programs and discounts on laboratory services are among the network"s programs to attract researchers, laboratory centers, students and professors related to this scientific field.

Mentioning the growing trend of membership in the lab network, Asadifard emphasized the implementation of various discount programs in the current year.

Discount programs such as a discount of 40 million Rials to faculty of universities, 20 million Rials to MSc and PhD students, 10 million Rials to new members of the lab network, and 40 million Rials to knowledge-based companies are provided in the spring of 2020.

A report by the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs