Chinese Medicine Industry Development Centre

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Chinese Medicine Industry Development Centre

• Hong Kong Institute of
• Vocational Education

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Funding Support

• Set up with a funding from the Education and
  Manpower Bureau and the Vocational Training
  Council in 2002

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Centre Functions

• To provide training in modern Chinese medicine
  manufacturing and quality control technology
• To provide a one-stop service in product
  development for the Chinese medicine industry

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Centre Functions
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Centre Functions
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Centre Functions
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Manufacturing Facilities
Spray dryer

• Extraction-Concentration Fluidized
  bed dryer
• System
• 
  

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Manufacturing Facilities

• Sugar and film coating Capsule filling

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Packaging Facilities
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Quality Control Facilities

• Dissolution and
• Disintegration Testing

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Quality Control Facilities
TLC
HPLC
AA ICP
NIR/MIR
LC-MSMS
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Toxicity Testing Laboratory(individual
compartment ventilation system)
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Staff

• Biochemist, Chemist, Chinese Medicine
  Practitioner, Microbiologist, Pharmacist,
  Pharmacologist, Veterinarian
• Academic staff with a wide range of
  international industrial experience

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Collaborators

• Chinese University of Hong Kong
• China Pharmaceutical University
• Nanjing University of TCM
• Fujian College of TCM
• Local Chinese medicine industry

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CM Projects

• Manufacturing of CM products for clinical trials
  
• Formulation of CM health drinks for market
  testing
• Development of new CM products
• Technical support for scale-up and production of
  CM products

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Contact

• Dr. Vivien Gam asvwcgam_at_vtc.edu.hk
• Mr. Raymond Chan wmrchan_at_vtc.edu.hk
• Chinese Medicine Industry Development Centre
• Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education
• 30 Shing Tai Road, Chai Wan
• Hong Kong
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]