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CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE (CoEs)

Centers of Excellence

Priority Work Areas

Point of Contact

Peking University (PKU), China

Multi-Regional Clinical Trials & Good Clinical Practice Inspection [CoE]

Pharmacovigilance [CoE]

CoE Director: Prof Yangfeng Wu

Contact: wuyf@bjmu.edu.cn

Sichuan University (SCU), China

Medical Devices [CoE]

CoE Director: Prof Anyu Lee

Contact: javola@qq.com  

Kobe University, Japan

Biotherapeutic Products [CoE]

CoE Director: Prof Kazuhisa Uchida

Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), Japan

Medical Devices [CoE]

Multi-Regional Clinical Trials & Good Clinical Practice Inspection (with National Cancer Center (NCC), Japan) [CoE]

Pharmacovigilance [CoE]

CoE Director: Mr Shinobu Uzu

Contact: PMDA-ATC@pmda.go.jp  

Korea Institute of Drug Safety and Risk Management (KIDS), Korea 

Pharmacovigilance [CoE]

CoE Director: Ms E Na Song

Contact: kids_coe@drugsafe.or.kr

Korea National Enterprise for Clinical Trials (KoNECT), Korea

Multi-Regional Clinical Trials & Good Clinical Practice Inspection [CoE]

CoE Director: Dr In-seok Park 

Contact: KoNECT Global Cooperation Team/Ms Suji Yoo (global@konect.or.kr and suji.yoo@konect.or.kr)  

National Institute of Medical Device Safety Information (NIDS), Korea

Medical Devices [CoE]

CoE Director: Mr Taigwon Kim

Contact: Ms Raehyun Lee (raehyun@nids.or.kr or raehyunlee.1026@gmail.com)

Soonchunhyang University (SCH), Korea

Medical Devices [CoE]

CoE Director: Prof You Kyoung Lee

Contact: schmd.coe@gmail.com or schmd.coe@schmc.ac.kr

 

Taylor’s University, Malaysia

Global Supply Chain Integrity [CoE]

CoE Director: Emeritus Professor P.T. Thomas

Contact: Taylors.APECCOE@taylors.edu.my

 

Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Advanced Therapy Products [CoE]

Biotherapeutics Products [Pilot CoE]

Medical Devices [Pilot CoE]

Multi-Regional Clinical Trials & Good Clinical Practice Inspection [CoE]

CoE Director: A/Prof Silke Vogel

Contact: CoRE@duke-nus.edu.sg  

 

Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), Chinese Taipei

Medical Devices [CoE]

CoE Director: Dr Shou-Mei Wu

Contact: Ms Cheng-Ning Wu (emilywu@fda.gov.tw)

 

TFDA with Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) Taiwan Chapter, Chinese Taipei

Good Registration Management [CoE]

CoE Director: Dr Shou-Mei Wu 

Contact:

Ms Shirley Pan (pashirle@fda.gov.tw)

Ms Chia-Ping Liu (meat0901@fda.gov.tw)

Ms Yi-Ju Lin (maylin25@fda.gov.tw)

Dr Hsien-Yi Lin (hsienyilin@fda.gov.tw)

Ms Chia-Wei Ting (dora1015@fda.gov.tw)

Food and Drug Administration, Thailand (Thai FDA)

Good Registration Management [CoE]

CoE Director: Dr Suchart Chongprasert

Contact: grmthailand@fda.moph.go.th 

Northeastern University (NEU), United States

Advanced Therapy Products [CoE]

Biotherapeutic Products [CoE]

Medical Devices [Pilot CoE]

CoE Director: A/Dean Jared Auclair

Contact: BATL@northeastern.edu or j.auclair@northeastern.edu

The MRCT Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard (MRCT Center), United States

Multi-Regional Clinical Trials & Good Clinical Practice Inspection [CoE]

CoE Director: Dr Barbara E. Bierer

Contact: mrct@bwh.harvard.edu

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), United States

Global Supply Chain Integrity [CoE]

CoE Director: Dr Kennard Brown

 

University of Southern California (USC), United States

Medical Devices [CoE]

CoE Director: Prof Frances Richmond

Contact: fjr@usc.edu

United States Pharmacopeia (USP), United States

Advanced Therapy Products [CoE]

Global Supply Chain Integrity [CoE]

CoE Director: Dr Fouad Atouf

Contact: fa@usp.org

Contact (Advanced Therapy Products & Supply Chain):

Mr Michael Schmitz

Contact: Michael.Schmitz@USP.org

Interim Contact (Supply Chain):

Ms Ruth Lee

Contact: ruth.lee@usp.org