USM-FRIM Joint Webinar 2025: Herbal Medicine & Drug Discovery
The School of Dental Sciences at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) held a joint webinar on herbal medicine and drug discovery on 20 May 2025, and invited Prima Nexus to take part as an industry collaborator.
· Webinar · Prima Nexus as partner
About the webinar
The webinar was organised by the School of Dental Sciences, USM Health Campus, in collaboration with the Natural Products Division of FRIM, as part of the USM-FRIM memorandum of understanding. It ran online on Tuesday 20 May 2025, from 9.00 am to 12.00 pm, and USM staff could earn CPD points for attending.
Assoc. Prof. Dr Hasmah Abdullah of the USM School of Health Sciences spoke on bioassay-guided isolation in drug discovery, with the plants Hydnophytum formicarum and Quercus infectoria as her examples. Dr Ling Sui Kong of the FRIM Natural Products Division spoke on what affects the standardisation and quality control of herbal materials. Dr Khairul Bariah Ahmad Amin Noordin of the School of Dental Sciences moderated.
Prima Nexus’s part
USM invited Prima Nexus to take part as an industry collaborator, and the programme set aside a company talk between the two lectures. Prima Nexus prepared a talk on herbal medicine in clinical trials for it. For the support Prima Nexus offers natural product research, see the research platforms page.
More of our work with FRIM, USM.
About Prima Nexus
Founded in 2014, Prima Nexus Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian research, scientific consulting and integrated research support company advancing scientific discovery and healthcare innovation. We provide end-to-end research solutions, from early-stage discovery and experimental design to cell-based studies, preclinical animal testing, clinical trials and commercialization. Our multidisciplinary expertise spans genomics, genetic applications, proteomics, molecular biology, stem cell research, bioinformatics and clinical research. Through strategic collaborations with universities, research institutions, industry and global technology partners, we connect scientific expertise and advanced technologies to accelerate research into real-world applications. We also run hands-on training for researchers across Malaysia. More about Prima Nexus.
