Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute

Further departments were installed, including those dedicated to human medicines. In modern years, the institute has focused primarily on nanomedicine and biotechnology. The institute is known for its anti-venom serums derived from snake and scorpion venom. It hosts some reference pharmaceutical laboratories with regional or state scopes.

• Name — Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute • Type — Research institute • Founder — Mustafa-Qoli Bayat • Hq Location City — Karaj • Hq Location Country — Iran • Production — Human and Animal Medicines • Num Employees — circa 2000 • Website — https: www.rvsri.ac.ir

The institute has established regional branches in: • Arak • Ahvaz • Kerman • Mashhad • Marand • Shiraz

• Illustration — A technician at the institute inoculating eggs to producing rabies vaccine in 1967.

• 1924: Institution of the institute. • 1932: Louis Delpy, a French veterinarian, drove the institute to overcome an epidemic of cattle plague in the region. • 1933: Anthrax • 1935: Sheep Pox • 1936: Livestock Gangrene • 1937: Cattle Pasteurellosis • 1941: Serums and vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus • 1970: Polio • 1987: Rubella and Measles • 1998: Aleppo Boil • 1992: Foundation of the biotechnology department. • 1997: Enhancement of the biotechnology department. • 2010: The institute produced 1.7 billion doses of 57 types of vaccines, serums, and antigens per year. • 2012: Production of transgenic animals, creating recombinant vaccines through genetic engineering, developing antigens and diagnostic kits for medical and veterinary labs. • 2021: Razi Cov Pars: a COVID-19 vaccine

• The facility was used as a Soviet military base during World War II • NATO forces used some of the institute's anti-venom products during the Afghanistan war, since Afghan native snakes had not been researched in the USA or Europe.