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HashemiMeshkinietal.DARUJournalofPharmaceuticalSciences2012,20:19 /content/20/1/19 RESEARCH ARTICLE OpenAccess AssessmentofthevaccineindustryinIranin contextofaccessiontoWTO:asurveystudy AmirHashemiMeshkini1,AbbasKebriaeezadeh1*,RasoulDinarvand1,2,ShekoufehNikfar1,3, MohammadGafarHabibzadeh4andImanVazirian2 Abstract Background:Thevaccineindustryisoneofthemostimportanthealth-relatedindustries.Itcanbeaffectedby accessiontotheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)becauseofprobabledramaticchangesinthebusiness environment.Iranhasalreadyinitiatedaccessionnegotiations. Purposeofthestudy:Inthispaper,weinvesti