The Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology plans to set up a national laboratory network, said minister Mohammad Farhadi.
“We are currently updating and equipping 120 central labs at medical centers and universities of medical sciences and the network will start functioning soon,” he said at a function at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi Province, Borna News Agency reported.
The network will seek to also establish links with foreign countries with the aim to stay abreast of the most sophisticated laboratories worldwide.
Director of the Laboratory Network of Strategic Technologies, Reza Asadifard, said his organization will develop the network by establishing links with Germany and South Korea.
Preliminary talks in this regard have been held with the relevant bodies.
