Chih-Chin Chen

Development Center for Biotechnology

The Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB) of Taiwan is a non-profit organization supported by the Department of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs. DCB's objective is to advance Taiwan's biotech-pharma industry by building infrastructure, developing key technologies, and train talented workforces in coordination with government, industry, and academic institutions. In line with Taiwan's current biotech-pharma development policy, which emphasizes value-addition and knowledge-basis, DCB positions itself as a "Preclinical Value-Adding R&D Center for Biopharmaceuticals"​. This role is to be fulfilled by devoting concerted R&D efforts on protein, small molecule and botanical drug leads in the preclinical stage of development and setting top priorities for attaining Investigational New Drug approvals by domestic and foreign regulatory agencies. The division of Industrial Promotion provides industrial information, services, facilitates technology transfer, and overall foster international partnerships for commercialization. Many of these functions are performed in conjunction with outpost team members managing other government-sponsored programs, such as the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Program Office (BPIPO; commissioned by the Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA), and the Nankang Biotech Incubation Center (NBIC; commissioned by the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, MOEA). DCB is dedicated to R&D in botanic drug products, pharmaceuticals, biologics, animal pharmacology, and innovative and explorative research. DCB also establishes itself as a licensing technology platform. At present, the therapeutic areas for drug development include cancer, diabetes, as well as infectious, inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases.