XIANYANG, China, August 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/-- Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSPM) ("Biostar" or "the Company"), a PRC-based manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceutical and health supplement products in China for a variety of diseases and conditions, announced today that the Company has hired Professor Xiaohui Zheng as its chief scientist to preside over the Company's product development projects.
Professor Xiaohui Zheng, born in March 1968, is a professor and Director of the Engineering Research Center for the modernisation of Chinese herbal medicine at Northwestern University, and is mainly engaged in the traditional Chinese medicine compound effects of metabolism and composition analysis, biological chromatographic analysis of new technologies and innovative drug development.
In recent years, with key members of the Ministry of Science, he presided over a major new drug development, a chemical class of anti-cerebral ischemia DBZ drug, an anti-high altitude chemical class IDHP drugs study, earned national science and technology support program recognition for traditional Chinese medicine research, and other major scientific projects in China. At present, he has applied for seven Chinese patents, made five Chinese invention patents, submitted a PCT international patent application, and won the seventh Shaanxi Youth Science & Technology award amongst others.
The Company Chairman, Ronghua Wang, commented: "Professor Xiaohui Zheng is a senior academic expert with outstanding achievements in the research and development of traditional Chinese medicine, and is a rare talent, especially for liver cancer drugs. He has joined the Biostar R & D team for the development of new products, to enhance the Company's R & D capabilities, and also to enhance the visibility of the academic community for the future development of the Company. He will guide the development of the Company's product R & D team and will play a central role in promoting the strategic development of the Company," he concluded.
About Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary and controlled affiliate in China, develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical and health supplement products for a variety of diseases and conditions. The Company's most popular product is its Xin Aoxing Oleanolic Acid Capsule, an over-the-counter ("OTC") medicine for chronic hepatitis B, a disease affecting approximately 10% of the Chinese population. For more information please visit: http://www.biostarpharmaceuticals.com.
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