Talk: Characteristics and challenges for clinical trial with Chinese medicine

Prof. Bian Zhaoxiang had been educated in Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Beijing University of TCM and Guangzhou University of TCM; and was conferred the Ph.D. degree in Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine in 1994. Currently, he is the Associate Vice-President, Chair Professor of School of Chinese Medicine, Director of Clinical Division and Associate Director of Institute of Creativity of Hong Kong Baptist University. He is also the Honorary Professor of the Shanghai University of TCM, and the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China. Prof. Bian's research focuses mainly on the relationship between psychological stress and digestive diseases, especially focusing on colorectal cancer, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Major research topics include: 1) basic mechanism of stress-related diseases; 2) pharmacological effect of Chinese medicine formulas and their active compounds for chronic diseases; 3) clinical trial with Chinese medicine for digestive diseases; 4) new drug development based on Chinese herbal medicine and its active fraction for digestive diseases.