The Technology Development Division (TDD) has been set up to spearhead and manage knowledge transfer activities at the School of Chinese Medicine. It aims:
| 1. | To conduct collaborative projects with the industry and other external organizations; |
| 2. | To establish joint laboratories with the industry and other external organizations; and |
| 3. | To provide testing, authentication and consultancy services to the Government and the industry, launch “BU Health” products and publish books through the Institute for the Advancement of Chinese Medicine (IACM) Ltd. |
The School has the functional laboratories set out below to provide a complete range of quality assurance, bioactivity and toxicity screening, and product development services through TDD:
| 1. | Quality Research Laboratory/Phytochemistry Laboratory |
| The laboratory provides a general platform to support phytochemistry and quality control studies in Chinese materia medica and related products. | |
| 2. | Quality Research Laboratory/Separation Laboratory |
| Equipped with various advance equipment such as liquid chromatograph/mass spectrometer (LC/MS), gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS), Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometer (ICP/MS), liquid chromatograph with various detectors, the Laboratory supports research work in Chinese medicine. | |
| 3. | Authentication and Safety Testing ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratories |
| In addition to R&D work on chemical standardization, chemical fingerprinting and other analytical testing services, these Laboratories provide ISO/IEC 17025 safety testing for QA compliance required by the regulatory agents. | |
Source: Calendar/Bulletin 2015-2016
Last modified: July 2015
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