One of
the competitive advantages of the Company is its commitment
in
continuous research and development. The Company performs continuous
research and development to improve the quality and medical
efficacy of its
existing products. Simultaneously, the Company maintains continuous
pressure
on new product development and reformulation along all fronts.
Nong's in-house team of leading expert
scientists is equipped with extensive
experience and publications in drug analysis, interactions
between orthodox
drugs and Chinese medicine products, development of pharmacological
and
toxicological models for screening herbal extracts, R&D
methodology for
quality assurance, efficacy and safety of herbs and Chinese
medicinal products.
The Company will continue its efforts
in establishing standards for Chinese
Medicine by developing industrial monographs using new techniques
jointly
developed with research institutes.
Collaborative Institutions:
State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATCM)
of the
People's Republic of China
Xuan Wu Hospital, Beijing, China
Hong Kong Hospital Authority
Hong Kong Hospital Authority's Kwong Wah Hospital
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Baptist University
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan
University of Southern California, Calif., U.S.A.
Analyzing active ingredients with High
Pressure Liquid Chromatography
Identifying raw herbs with Fourier Transform
Infra-Red Technology