The GDCh Division of Medicinal Chemistry was founded in 1971. Its approximately 1,000 members work in university institutes, research facilities and in the pharmaceutical industry. The Division builds a bridge between the subject areas of chemistry, biology, medicine, pharmacy, computer science and engineering. It deals with interdisciplinary issues of modern drug development, in particular drug discovery and lead substance optimization using modern technologies such as combinatorial synthesis, high-throughput screening systems based on molecular biology, drug design, molecular modeling, quantitative structure/activity analyses, pharmacokinetics and metabolism.

The Division fosters interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and promotes medicinal chemistry, which is not established as a teaching subject in Germany, through

 

• Organisation of Conferences, workshops and training courses, also together with the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) and the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (EFMC),
• Cooperation between the Divisions of the GDCh and the DPhG as well as between universities and the pharmaceutical industry.

It supports young academics and ensures their professional vocational training through

 

• Training events,
• Awarding of scholarships for active participation in specialist group events and symposia,
• Awarding of promotional prizes,
• Awarding of the Innovation Prize for Medical/Pharmaceutical Chemistry - together with the DPhG Division for Pharmaceutical/Medical Chemistry.

Shortlink to this page: www.gdch.de/medchem