This department is equipped with formulation section, extracts provision and purification of herbal APIs.
Due to the growing growth of herbal medicines, tendency of various pharmaceutical as well as cosmetics industries to such products, special attention of MOH to the development of herbal medicines and also the vast and rich availability of medicinal plants in the country, this department is attempting to codificate provision of technical know-how of medicinal plants required APIs and also the formulation and their manufacture according to international requirements.
Bilateral cooperation with other companies, laboratories and organizations related to this field in both international and regional scales is among other visions of this department.
This department has also succeeded in compilation of technical knowledge for extraction and purification of Ammonium Glycyrrhizinate, with a purity of 99% from Liquorice.