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Biomed/Biotech Special Interest Group
Where
Kelly's Deli Conference Center
Next to the entrance to 7519 Standish Drive
FDA/CVM Center
Rockville, Maryland 20855
When
May 22, 2014
6:00 pm - 8:45 pm
(GMT -5:00) EST
“Herbal Medicines and
Plant-Derived Drugs
– A Pharmacognosist’s
Perspective”
To be presented
by
Jinhui Dou,
PhD
Expert
Pharmacologist
Botanical Review Team, Office
of Pharmaceutical Sciences
(OPS)
Center for
Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), US
FDA
Thursday, May 22,
2014
6:00
– 6:20 PM – Networking;
Pizza/drink
6:20 – 8:45 PM –
Program
8:45 – 9:00 PM –
Door-prizes drawing;
Networking
Online Registration site: http://www.asq509.org/ht/d/DoSurvey/i/35817
Open to Public
–
$5: non-ASQ members
to cover pizza/drink
cost;
Free: ASQ members,
veterans, senior citizens, teachers, students,
interns, residents, postdocs, FDA
Commissioner’s Fellows, MJ-DC members, NTUAADC
members, CAPA members, CCACC
volunteers/employees, FAPAC members, CBA
members, AAGEN members, Commissioned Corp
officers, and current
job-seekers.
Location: Kelly’s
Deli Conference Center, 7519 Standish Place,
Rockville (Derwood, for GPS users), MD
20855
Registration Deadline:
Please register by Thursday noon,
May 22, 2014.
Question: Please
contact Dr. C.J. George Chang, Chair of
Biomed/Biotech SIG, ASQ509;
gchang2008@yahoo.com or 240-793-8425
(cell).
Driving Directions:
By Cars: From I-270 (N or S bound):
Take Exit 9A and exit from the FIRST right
exit; turn left (east) onto Shady Grove Dr.;
turn right (south) onto Rockville Pike (Route
355); turn left (east) onto East Gude Dr.; turn
left (north) immediately onto Crabb’s Branch
Dr.; turn left (west) immediately onto Standish
Place. The first building on your right side is
7519 Standish Place; open parking). The venue
is on the first floor with its entrance
opposite to the left side of building main
entrance. By Metro trains: Off from Red Line
Shady Grove Station, and take RideOn Route 59
TOWARD ROCKVILLE and get off from “Calhoun
Place” stop. Standish Place is next to the Bus
stop. Our venue is within 2 min of walking
distance from the
stop.
Summary:
Outline of
presentation
• What is
pharmacognosy?
• Introduction to
Chinese herbal medicines
• Purified drugs
from medicinal plants
– “Plants that
Heal”
– Artemisinin
– Paclitaxel
• Botanical drug
guidance and new drug
approvals
– Examples of
plant-derived, over-the-counter (OTC)
drugs
– Examples of
approved prescription botanical new
drugs
• Veregen
(Sinecatechins) for genital
warts
• Fulyzaq
(Crofelemer) for HIV-related
diarrhea
• Discussions and
closing remarks
– The value of
further development of traditional /herbal
medicines as new botanical
drugs
Presenter’s
Bio:
Dr. Jinhui Dou
received his PhD degree in Pharmacognosy from
the Pharmacy School, University of Mississippi
(1996) and completed post-doctoral research at
the University of Kansas on immuno-modulating
medicinal plants. His BS (Pharmacy) and
MS (Pharmacognosy) degrees were from Beijing
University of Chinese Medicine.
Dr. Dou joined
the Botanical Review Team in FDA/CDER in 2002,
and is currently an expert pharmacologist
reviewer on botanical drugs. He has
conducted primary reviews on the majority of
the botanical Investigational New Drug (IND)
applications and the first two botanical New
Drug Applications (NDAs). He has also
conducted pharmacology and toxicology reviews
on non-botanical, small-molecule INDs and NDAs.
Prior to FDA,
Dr. Dou had worked as a lead natural products
scientist for a biopharmaceutical company on
anticancer drug discovery and development from
medicinal plants. He had taught
pharmacognosy classes at Beijing University of
Chinese Medicine for 4 years (1987-1991) before
coming to the US for graduate studies.
Dr. Dou enjoys running, playing basketball, and
photography of plants.
This Biomed/Biotech SIG event
is cosponsored by the Monte Jade Science and
Technology Association of Greater Washington
(www.MonteJadeDC.org) and NTU Alumni
Association at DC
(www.ntuaadc.org).