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116 Part 3• ResearchUnits andUniversity Extensions its own accumulated lo cal k nowledge based on sever al decades of clinical exp erien ce an d research . The scop e of its experience ranges from mod ern medicines, traditional Chinese and oth er remedies, to seaf ood an d pesticide poiso ning. Since its inception, it has conducted substantial research. It is the leading centre in th e region in terms of output of peer-reviewed publications, which currently total over 100. The Drug Development Centre Tel.:2649 1747 Fax.:2649 5514 E-mail :pharmacy@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.pharmacy.cuhk.edu.hk/ The Drug Development Centre (DDC), the only such centre in Hong Kong, was setup in September 2000 with funding supportfrom the government’s Innovation and Techno logy Fund an d the private sector. It aims to app ly and gener ate pharmaceutical knowledgein developing high-quality Western and Chinese herbal drugs, especially anticancer, cerebro/cardio-vascular and wound healing drugs, and to help establish HongKong as a centre of excellence for the development of therapeutic pharmaceuticals. The DDC incor porates a vast array of inter -disciplin ary exper tise and facilities within the University, encompassing those related to quality assurance, chemistry, pharmacology (biochemistry, physiology, biology), safety studies, formulation development/pharmacokinetics, and clinical studies. The DDC has multiple laboratories, which are equipped with state-of-the- ar t in strumen ts f or car rying o ut the step -wise p ro cess/stu dies fo r dr ug dev elopment. Th ese include the Chemistry Laborato ry, Pharmacology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Cell and Tissue Cu lture Laboratory, Acute Animal Safety Study Laboratory, Formulation Development Laboratory, Bioanalytical Laboratory, and Clinical Study Laboratory. With the establishment of a drug development infrastructureconforming to international GoodLaboratory Practice (GLP) andGood Clinical Practice (GCP), DDC currently provides awide range of serv ices to th e ph armaceutical in dustr y, namely, b iop harmaceutical/ pharmacokinetic studies,pharmacodynamicstudies, drug-drug interaction studies, formu lation d evelopment, drug quality assurance tests, acute safety/tox icity studies, and clinical studies (especially phase I and II). The Drug Evaluation Laboratory Tel.:2609 8014 Fax.:2603 5295 E-mail :pharmacy@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.pharmacy.cuhk.edu.hk The Drug EvaluationLaboratory was established at the School of Pharmacy in January 1999, with support from the Industrial Support Fund. This laboratory aims to meet intern ationally approved standards of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Good Clin ical Practice (GCP) for conducting bioavailability (BA)/ bioequivalence (BE) studies in humans. At present, the laboratory supports the