The 4rd edition of the International Symposium on Advances in Medicinal Chemistry (ASMC 2011) took place in St.Petersburg, Russia on August 21-25, 2011. Prof. K.C. Nicolaou (The Scripps Research Institute & University of California, US) and Dr Anthony Wood (Pfizer, US) were the chairmen of the symposium, where American and European chemists met Eastern European scientists in the areas of synthetic and medicinal chemistry. The symposium, organised by EFMC and ChemBridge Corporation and supported by the Medi Division of ACS, attracted 400 participants which represented a large number of countries, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and academic institutions. A report of the meeting is available under “EFMC Events”.
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To acknowledge outstanding achievements in the field of Medicinal Chemistry, EFMC is conferring every two years three Awards on the occasion of an International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry. The 2012 Awards will be conferred on the occasion of the XXIInd EFMC "International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry" (EFMC-ISMC) to be held in Berlin, Germany on September 2-6, 2012.
The EFMC Awards include the Nauta Award for Pharmacochemistry, the UCB-Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry and the Prous Institute-Overton and Meyer Award for New Technologies in Drug Discovery. All three awards consist of a diploma, € 7.500 and an invitation for a lecture by the Award recipient at the upcoming EFMC-ISMC. Deadline for submission is January 31, 2012. More information on the submission process is available on the EFMC website www.efmc.info
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To acknowledge and recognize an outstanding young medicinal chemist (< 35 years old) working in academia or in industry within Europe, EFMC is conferring every year the EFMC Prize for a Young Medicinal Chemist in Academia and the EFMC Prize for a Young Medicinal Chemist in Industry. The prizes consist of a diploma, a cash prize and an invitation to give a presentation at the XXIInd "International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry" (EFMC-ISMC). Deadline for nominations is January 31, 2012. More information on the submission process is available on the EFMC website www.efmc.info
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The publication of the 10th edition of the EFMC Yearbook is scheduled for January 2012. The Yearbook will be distributed electronically to all members of the EFMC database, as well as to the members of the National Adhering Organisations (25 scientific organisations from 23 European countries). In addition, hard copies of the EFMC Yearbook will be distributed at all scientific meetings organised or sponsored by EFMC. If you would like to receive the electronic version of the EFMC Yearbook 2012, we invite you to register via the EFMC website www.efmc.info
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The recently renewed EFMC website www.efmc.info contains an interesting new section on the EFMC History. This is a collection of articles written by Henk Timmerman and published in MedChemWatch. Furthermore, those who are interested in the chronology of the EFMC and of the EFMC organised International Symposia on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC- ISMC) will find a synopsis compiled by Edmond Differding. In case you would have any relevant information to add to these documents, you are most welcome to contribute.
