The Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order (EIKO) and Barkat Pharmaceutical Group is parent company of Shifa Pharmed Industrial Group. It's reported to be "state-affiliated".[1] Shifa Pharmed products include seven drugs and three biologics besides their Covid19 vaccine which is their first vaccine to be produced.[12] Around 650 people worked in three shifts, around the clock, to develop the vaccine.[13]