APEC Institute of Health Sciences established in Beijing

Source: CFDA 2015-11-04 October 26, 2015 On April 1, with the support of the State Food and Drug Administration and other departments, and with the approval of the APEC senior officials' meeting, the APEC Institute of Health Sciences was established in Peking University Wu Zhen, deputy director of the General Administration, Li Yansong, vice president of Peking University, and Ms Clemens, representative of the APEC life science innovation forum, attended the opening ceremony The research institute is the first professional research institution in the field of Health established by APEC in China Its establishment and launch of the center of excellence cooperation project on international multicenter clinical trials has been listed as one of the major achievements of the 2015 APEC senior officials' meeting Since 2014, the State Food and drug administration has worked closely with Peking University and APEC life science innovation forum to lead and promote health science research in the Asia Pacific region After one-year consultation, at the third APEC senior officials' meeting held in August this year, it was decided to agree that Peking University should establish the APEC Institute of Health Sciences, focusing on drug regulatory science and regulatory system, to promote research on the whole health policy.