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:
- Importance of Safety, Quality, and Efficacy Evaluation of Botanical Products
- 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
- 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.
