Dr. Toong Chow LEE 李棟超醫藥博士

B.Pharm(Hons), MPS, MACPP, Ph.D.

DSPN, DJN, PKT, MStJ (UK), 3rd Class Service Star (Taiwan)

PRESENT APPOINTMENT:

Managing Director,

Info Kinetics Sdn Bhd (Gleneagles Clinical Research Centre) Jul 2001-

Medical Device Testing Site: Kompleks Eureka, University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.

Clinical Site (Penang): Gleneagles Hospital, Mt Miriam Cancer Hospital, Adventist Hospital, Island Hospital, LGL Specilist Centre.  

Laboratory Site: Gleneagles Penang . The first ASEAN ISO/IEC 17025 and OECD GLP Food and Drug Bio-Analytical Laboratory

Taiwan Advance MedTech Sdn Bhd Jan 2023 -

Academia/ Visiting Lecturer

Associate Professor, Dean Office, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 1999 to 2001

Pharmacokineticist (Adjunct Associate Prof), Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics, Faculty of Medicine & Clinincal Investigation Centre, University of Malaya, Jan 2002-2019

Adjunct Assoc Prof, The Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development (CIPDD), University of Queensland, Aust. June 2011 –

Adjunct Prof, School of Pharmacy, Murdoch University, 2008 to 2011

Honorary International Professor, Minghsin University of Science and Technology (Taiwan), 2023 -

Honorary Advisor, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taiwan, 2022-

Reviewer for Journal: Pharmaceutical Research, Br J Clin Pharmaco, Clin Pharmacokinet, and J Chromatogr B.

Working Committee/ Technical Expert

President, Society of Clinical Research Professionals Malaysia 2017- 2022

ASEAN ACCSQ PPWG Technical Expert (Chairman) for BA/BE 2004- 2018

Council Member, MyGLP: Malaysian Good Laboratory Practice Committee Council 2009-

Malaysia Bioequivalence Technical Working Group Committee Member, MOH 2001 -

Member, NKEA Health Services Lab, Pemandu, Prime Minister Department 2010.

Technical member for Phase I Guideline 2016 -

National Healthy Volunteer Database (NHVD) Committee, MOH 2017 –

Special Officer, Minister of Health, 2009 to 2011

Honorary Advisor, Minister and Legislator, Department of Health and Welfare, Taiwan 2016 -

Association/ Society

St John Ambulance Malaysia

Chairman/ Area Commander, North East Area (Rank: Colonel) 2011 – 2020

Deputy State Commander, Penang (Rank: Brigade General) 2017 – 2020

Council Member/ Advisor 2020 -

CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Georgetown , Advisor 2020-

Disaster Management Unit, Project Leader, State Exco for Welfare and Environment 2022-

Member, Board of Visitors – Penang Adventist Hospital. 1 March 2016 –

Gleneagles Penang 1 Dec 2019 -

Royal Prince of Wales Freemason, EC1555, Treasurer 2012-2014

Ji Sheng Ge Uplifting Moral Society, Air Itam Penang, Committee member since 2009, Ass Secretary 2017- 2020

Board member, Ming Sing Primary School 2016-

Certified Mediator, Penang Mediation Bureau, Council of Justice of Peace 2016-

EDUCATIONS / QUALIFICATIONS:

POSTGRADUATE

1988-1990

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. 

B.Pharm

1991-1993

Australia College of Pharmacy Practice, Canberra, Australia.

MACPP

1992

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Postgraduate Hons, (Toxicokinetics)  Class I, (eq to MSc (q))

1993-1997  

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. 

(Neonatology/ Clinical Pharmacology/ Pharmacokinetics)

Ph.D.

2017 

Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre For Arbitration

Certified Mediator

AWARDS/  SCHOLARSHIPS:

 Undergraduate

1988-1990

Overseas Student Office sponsorship for B.Pharm.

1989

PDL - Pharmaceutical Defence Ltd. Vacation Scholarship, “The release of BSA from cholesterol implant pellet, Model for vaccine implants".

1989

Park Davis Awards (Top in Pharmacology)

Postgraduate

1992

AIDAB sponsorship in PG Honours research program.

1993 - 1996

Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship for PhD.

1995

Young Investigator Awards in Neonatology care, Perinatal Conference, NZ.

1996

Young Investigator Awards in Neonatal medicine, Perinatal Conference, Australia. 

Honour

2007

Pingat Kelakuan Terpuji (P.K.T.) (Distinguished Conduct Medal), Penang State Decorative, Honours and Awards

2012

Pingat Jasa Cemerlang (Cat 4), Malaysia National St John Council

2015

Darjah Johan Negeri (DJN) (Member, Order of the defender of state), Penang State Decorative, Honours and Awards

2016

Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Cat 3) Malaysia National St John Council

2017

Member of St John (MStJ), Order of St John International, Queen of UK.

2018

Taiwan MOHW Service Star, 3rd GRADE

2021

Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN: Dato’) Penang State Decorative, Honours and Awards

Executive Summary

Dr Lee Toong Chow is the founder and Managing Director for Info Kinetics Sdn Bhd/ Gleneagles Hospital Clinical Research Centre, Malaysian first Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) specializing in early phase clinical research, with the first OECD Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) accreditation and ISO 17025 bio-analytical lab, still the only European EMA and USA FDA accredited clinical research centre in Malaysia and ASEAN, with its full flesh clinical research facility within several private hospitals in Penang.

Dr Lee currently is the Visiting Consultant and Adjunct Assoc Professor in several universities. In 1997, Dr Lee returned to Malaysia to head a local new R&D Pharmaceutical company.  In 1999, he joined University Malaya Medical Centre to set up the technically intensive Clinical Investigation Centre. The first Clinical Research Unit in Malaysia.

As a researcher and academician, Dr Lee was responsible to propagate postgraduate training in medical research and pharmacokinetics studies. Dr Lee is involved as faculty member for conference and seminar. Dr Lee reviewed peer journal paper for Pharmaceutical Research, Br J Clin Pharmaco, Clin Pharmacokinet, and J Chromatogr B.  Dr Lee is also a member of several research and professional bodies. Of which he is very active as founding member and Past  President , for The Society of Clinical Research Professionals Malaysia. 

Dr Lee has served in various technical working groups under Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MOSTI) in the area of clinical research and Biomedical/pharmaceutical industry. He has been appointed by National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau (NPCB, now National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency, NPRA) of MOH as Technical Committee Chairman for Bioequivalence (BE) Guideline. Dr Lee has been nominated by Malaysian regulatory authority to ASEAN Consultative Committe on Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) Pharmaceutical Products Working Group (PPWG) since 2003 for ASEAN BE harmonisation and implementation. More recently as advisor to Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare. He is also the national council member for the MyGLPC under Department of Standard, MOSTI. 

Dr Lee has a short secondment as special officer to Minister of Health from 2009 till 2011. In 2010, he was appointed by Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU), Prime Minister’s Department as committee member for drafting Healthcare, New Key Economic Area (NKEA) and Entry Point Project (EPP) under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).