محمد طاهری, a pharmacist and drug-industry expert, told KhabarOnline that if

Mohammad Taheri, a pharmacist and a drug-industry expert, told KhabarOnline that if problems such as the supply of foreign currency, the import of raw materials, lack of liquidity, and insurers’ debts continue, shortages of medicines will be intensified.

Taheri said the continuation of financial problems and disruption in the supply chain can make patients’ access to some medicines more difficult. Rasoool Nazarifard, a pharmacist and founder of a pharmacy for special patients, also told KhabarOnline that the six- to seven-month delay by insurers in paying pharmacies’ claims and the expansion of drug supply in the informal market have contributed to the intensification of medicine shortages.

Meanwhile, Abdolnaser Hemmati, the governor of the Central Bank, said that despite pressures arising from sanctions and war, the management of the foreign-currency market and the supply chain has been carried out in such a way that no disruption or shortage in the import and supply of essential goods, medicines, and medical supplies in the country has been created.

Hemmati also said that improving financial discipline, preventing the creation of undisciplined liquidity, and resolving the structural problems of banks are among the priorities of the new monetary policy of the Central Bank.