mehboob delangiz khebari sed and sima, the general secretary of the union of medical necessities producers, says that due to the competition of public companies with the private sector, five factories producing injectable items have been closed. mr. aini said that private sector producers are capable production. they have more than the country's needs, but they are unable to compete with state-owned companies. syringes and needle heads are seemingly simple products but widely used in medical equipment. the peak consumption of this product was during the corona era, both for vaccines and therapeutic injections. during the so-called corona period , when we experienced the most difficult times and we needed a lot of single-use medical supplies, which are mostly polymers , they are fully supplied by our manufacturers. we provide the country with the ability to produce 400 million people we have private sector manufacturers saying that they have the annual production capacity of 3 billion pieces of syringes and needle heads, but they only produce a third of this capacity. according to the stati