On December 16th, 2016, Professor Robert A. Blouin, Dean of Eshelman School of Pharmacy, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC, and Associate Professor Stephen F. Eckel, Associate Dean for Global Engagementm, visited School of Pharmacy, Fudan University. Earlier this year, Wang Mingwei, Dean of School of Pharmacy visited Eshelman School of Pharmacy, so this was considered to be a return visit to promote the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two institutions.
During the visit, the two parties discussed the cooperation of new drug research and the sharing of academic resources in the field of pharmacology, pharmaceutics, medical chemistry and biotechnology. They also explored the possibility of collaboration in clinical pharmacy education and clinical tests of new drugs. In the afternoon, Professor Blouin and his colleagues visited the Chinese National Compound Library together with Dean Wang Mingwei.
Professor Blouin expressed his gratitude for the arrangement of the visit and his confidence in the bilateral cooperation.
