The thematic areas of Research and Development are:

• Understanding Traditional Medicine Philosophy of Health and Disease
• Prevention and Control
• Traditional/Herbal Medicine Quality and Safety Standards Herbal Medicine Production/Manufacturing and Quality Control Standards
• Traditional/Herbal Medicine Knowledge and Material Conservation and Propagation – in-situ, ex situ
• Traditional/Herbal Medicine/ Clinical Validation Protocols and Standards
• Pharmaco-Biotechnology-Application of Biotechnology to Drug Discovery, and Drug Production
• Pharmaceutical Business Management/Regulation