The Pharmaceutical Research Center (PRC) was established in 2000. As a result of hard work and dedications of its members, this Center has won several awards since establishment, most notably it was honored by the National Razi Research Festival in 2003 as one of the Top Research Centers at the national level. Since PRC's inception and upon annual evaluations of the activities (particularly scientific productivities) of all research centers at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, the PRC has been consistently honored as the top research center with the number one spot in these evaluations. This center has five departments that have been working in different areas of pharmaceutical fields. It has been allocated a dedicated and independent budget by the National Planning & Managment Organization since 2005. There are more than 10 staff members with PhD degrees who are working in different fileds such as biotechnology, pharmaceutical industry, biochemistry in the food industry, agriculture, etc… This research center is in close contact with many domestic and international research centers. The PRC extends a warm hand to all other research centers and individuals with similar research interests and hope for fruitful collaborations.