PAIR 6001 Week 12 - Challenges and Opportunities for Chinese Medicine Research and Development

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Topic Overview:

This lecture provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in the research and development of Chinese medicine-based health products, followed by reporting two ongoing Chinese herbal medicine-based research as case studies and a case on using AI and other in-silico tool for TCM studies. Participants will interact and discuss about the use of latest technology for developing modernised Chinese medicine for health improvement.

Key Topics:

1. Importance of Safety, Quality, and Efficacy Evaluation of Botanical Products
2. Issues about Botanicals:
• Scientific challenges for authentication of source materials
• detection of adulteration and contamination
• Modernised quality assurance
• Herb-drug interaction
• Clinical evidence and clinical trials
• Mechanism of action
• Pharmacokinetics, bioavailability, metabolism
3. Research Needs and Opportunities
• Analytical techniques development to improve sensitivity and accuracy
• Marker identification and reference standards for standardisation of raw materials and products
• Clinical impact evaluation
• Pharmacological profile characterisation
• Priority areas for herbal medicine research
• Case studies
• Use of herbal formula for Long Covid management
• Development of novel drugs from Chinese Medicine

Teaching Format:

This interactive session combines expert lectures, case studies, and Q&A discussions. Participants will learn about the issues involved in developing high quality technology driven Chinese medicine-based products, engaging in discussions on challenges and opportunities in using Chinese medicine for health improvement.