The University of Macau (UM) and Kiang Wu Hospital signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today (23 July), establishing a long-term cooperation framework covering areas such as ‘big health’ product development, clinical trials of drugs, the optimisation of Chinese medicine formulae, academic exchange, and shared resource development.
Chen Xin, director of the Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences at UM, and Ung Pui Kun, director of Kiang Wu Hospital, signed the MOU in the presence of Yonghua Song, rector of UM, Xu Jian, vice rector of UM, Lau Veng Seng, president of Board of Directors of Kiang Wu Charitable Association, and Sio Chi Wai, vice president of Board of Directors of Kiang Wu Charitable Association. Under the MOU, the two parties will deepen cooperation in teaching, research, clinical practice, and technological innovation to facilitate the integration of clinical practice and medical research and the application of research outcomes, thereby enhancing Macao’s overall competitiveness in health technology and the modernisation of Chinese medicine.
The Kiang Wu Hospital delegation also visited UM’s Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences and the State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, where they learned about the university’s research on the quality of Chinese medicine and the screening of active ingredients of Chinese medicine. The two parties held in-depth discussions on the clinical research and application of Chinese medicine.
| Source: Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences | |
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