Annual Report 1997-98

學、物理、內科及藥物治療等。 中大校園內更設有非牟利的香港生物科技硏究院有限公司,旨在帶 動本地生物科技工業的發展。該院應本地藥廠的需求,於年中成 立了香港製藥技術中心,提供顧問和資訊服務,並開辦培訓課程,協 助製藥廠商取得港府於公元二千年開始施行的藥品「優良製造規範」 (GMP ) 認證。 一 九九八年一月,該院得世界衛生組織贊助,與 美國國家衛生硏究院簽訂協議書,共同開發一種瘧疾疫苗。同年三 月’生物科技硏究院正式提交有關 GMP 生產車間文件給美國食品及 藥物管理局,並開始開發生物技術產品,以供本地廠商生產及行銷。 該院的植物生物科技組又成功開發了低成本的植物生產製程,培育人 蔘及觀賞植物「苗寶寶」等高產值植物。該院也設有培育服務計劃, 提供實驗室及基本設備予本地創業家’作為生物科技產品的開發基 地’現有六家公司參與計劃。 In Suppor t o f Busines s an d Industr y For t h e busines s community , educationa l p r og r amme s an d research/consultancy service s we r e provide d throug h t h e University's Asia-Pacifi c Institut e o f Busines s (APIB ) t o assis t managers an d c ompan i e s i n meetin g busines s challenge s i n Hong Kon g an d th e Asia-Pacifi c region . Durin g 1997-98 , several executiv e trainin g p r og r amme s we r e organize d i n conjunction wit h majo r universitie s i n th e Unite d State s an d South Africa ; in-compan y wo r k s hop s an d seminar s fo r loca l c ompan i es were als o conducted . API B als o organize d nin e public diplom a programmes , seve n jointl y wit h t h e Facult y o f Business Administration , on e wit h th e Stoc k Exchang e o f Hong Kong , an d on e b y API B itself . A ne w certificat e p r o g r amme i n busines s communicatio n t o hel p busines s executives enhan c e thei r Englis h proficienc y wa s introduce d in Augus t 1997 . Th e thir d editio n o f The Hong Kong Securities Industry (previousl y k n ow n a s th e Manual of Hong Kong Securities Markets) wa s publishe d jointl y wit h th e Stock Exchang e o f Hon g Kon g i n Septembe r 1997 . The Universit y ha s bee n activel y involve d i n industria l an d applied researc h t o p r omo t e t echno l og y transfe r an d buil d a closer partnershi p wit h loca l industry , Durin g th e year , grant s totalling HK$ 8 0 millio n we r e receive d f r o m th e Industr y Department t o develo p 1 7 researc h project s tha t hav e grea t industrial an d comme r c i a l potentia l i n t h e area s o f biochemistry, biology , chemistry , Chines e medicine , c ompu t er scienc e an d engineering , informatio n engineering , ophthalmology an d visua l sciences , physics , medicin e an d therapeutics. The Hon g Kon g Institut e o f Biotechnolog y Ltd . (HKIB) , a non-profit an d financiall y self-sustainin g entit y o n campus , functions a s t h e catalys t an d t h e essentia l infrastructur e fo r Hong Kong' s biotechnolog y industry . In respons e t o t h e nee d o f t h e loca l dru g industr y t o comply wit h t h e go v e r nmen t ' s stipulation s o n pharmaceutical manufacturing GM P guidelines , HKI B establishe d the Hon g Kon g Pharmaceutica l Technolog y Centr e i n 1997-98 t o provid e consultation , training , an d informatio n retrieval services , f n Januar y 1998 , wit h sponsorshi p f r o m t he Worl d Healt h Organization , i t als o signe d a collaborativ e ag r eement wit h th e Nationa l Institut e o f Allerg y an d Infectious Diseases a t t h e Nationa l Institut e o f Healt h i n t h e USA t o develo p a transmission-blockin g malari a vaccin e i n its GM P Manufacturin g Technolog y Centr e for Huma n Vaccines an d Pharmaceutical s (MTC) . I n Marc h 1998 , t h e MTC file d a Dru g Maste r Fil e (Typ e I ) t o t h e Foo d an d Dru g Administration i n t h e US A an d bega n t o develo p biotechnology products fo r loca l industrie s t o commercializ e i n the globa l market . In th e yea r unde r review , HKIB' s Plan t Biotechnolog y Laboratory develope d cost-effectiv e processe s t o produc e high-quality an d value-adde d plan t product s s u c h a s Ginseng panax an d o r namen t plantlet s fo r loca l businesses . Its Incubato r Facilit y continue d t o provid e furnishe d laboratories an d essentia l equipmen t fo r loca l entrepreneur s to develo p innovativ e biotechnolog y product s an d services . The facilit y n o w a c c ommo d a t e s si x clien t companies . 香港生物科技研究院設有三百五十公升的發酵器 A 350-litr e fermento r a t HKI B The Chinese University of Hong Kong Annual Report Service to Hong Kong and the World

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