• Introduction of international herbs, Chinese medicine and its health products. • Precursor compounds. • Principle and methods of drug design. • Drug forms and process control. • Screening of bioactive ingredients. • Investigation of cellular and molecular mechanisms. • Pharmacokinetics. • Toxicology and drug dependence. • Integrated clinical evaluation. • Development of Chinese medicine, health products and cosmetics. • Functions and safety assessment of health products and cosmetics. • Development of simulation design on new drugs and health products. Pre-requisite: None

CILO-1: Describe basic procedure for the development of new drugs and functional foods. CILO-2: Outline the regulations of new drugs and health products in USA and China. CILO-3: Design and carry out high-throughput screening and virtual screening in lead discovery. CILO-4: Demonstrate the methods for studying structure-activity relationship.