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EFMC aims to advance science in the field of medicinal chemistry and chemical biology, while representing all members of this extended scientific community.
To this effect, EFMC has established contacts with several other learned societies. For medicinal chemistry, it has close links with the American Chemical Society and the Asian Federation of Medicinal Chemistry, as well as with the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association. For chemical biology, EFMC has a collaboration agreement with the International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS). As part of this active relationship, ICBS and EFMC mutually exchange sessions at their annual meetings. EFMC has a similar interaction with the Life Science division of EuChemS, including the active participation of EFMC in the European Chemical Biology Symposium.
Events independently organized by EFMC include both medicinal chemistry and chemical biology, for instance as dedicated parallel sessions in the program of the International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ISMC).
The signature in 2019 of an agreement with the Swiss Chemical Society was another important milestone in further balancing the weight of medicinal chemistry and chemical biology in EFMC’s activities. Starting in 2023, both societies with co-organize the International Symposium in Chemical Biology (ISCB), a high-quality event that until now took place in Geneva, Switzerland. We are happy to confirm that both ICBS and LS-EuChemS have already accepted to participate in the first edition of this enhanced version of ISCB, adding their own weight to an exciting scientific program. Future ISCBs will take place every second year, alternating with the EFMC-ISMC.
Over the last two years, EFMC developed a long-term vision for its role in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology, and implemented a strong strategy to reinforce the support of the community it represents. This has led to changes in the scope of EFMC activities, now better uniting the chemical biology and medicinal chemistry community, and following the evolution of this scientific discipline.
The Chemical Biology-Medicinal Chemistry Continuum: EFMC′s Vision
Duca, M.; Gillingham, D.; Olsen, C.A.; Sbardella, G.; Skaanderup, P.R.; van der Stelt, M.; Vauzeilles, B.; Vázquez, O.; Auberson, Y.P., ChemBioChem 2021, 22, 2823–2825, doi:10.1002/cbic.202100319.
EFMC: Trends in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Auberson, Y.P.; Arimondo, P.B.; Duca, M.; Essig, S.; Grether, U.; Rufer, A.C.; Sbardella, G.; Schopfer, U.; Torrens, A.; van der Stelt, M.; et al., ChemBioChem 2023, e202200690, doi:10.1002/cbic.202200690.
