CMUH is well staffed and well equipped for conducting clinical trials and studies and translational research. It boasts the most efficient institutional review board which meets weekly to speed up the heavy demand for reviewing clinical trial and clinical research protocols involving human subjects or materials. CMUH has developed the most rigorous clinical protocol review system, data management, monitoring/auditing mechanisms under the supervision of a well established Clinical Trial Center of Excellence Clinical Protocol Scientific Review & Monitoring Committee and an advisory committee consisting of 15 world renowned experts in stroke and neurological diseases. All phases of clinical trials follow the guideline of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). CMUH investigators also have extensive experience in pharmacokinetics including those involving extracted ingredients and synthetic derivatives from traditional Chinese medicine for clinical trials.