The Tianjin Institute Of Pharmaceutical Research

TIPR is located in the northern Chinese industrial powerhouse of Tianjin, 69 miles east of Beijing. Tianjin is the sixth-largest city in China and is one of four cities in China under the direct administration of the central government. Its new city, known as Binhai New Area, is a rapidly developing industrial zone with an annual growth rate of nearly 30%. TIPR itself consists of seven major research divisions, including a center for drug innovation, a Medicinal Chemistry Department, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Department, a Center for Pharmaceutical Formulation Technology and Engineering Support and a Center for Drug Evaluation. In recent years TIPR has been engaged in over 100 special projects of key novel drug innovations designated as national priorities. It has also received over 200 new drug certificates, including small molecules, Chinese medicines and biological drugs.