Drug Discovery Chemistry | April 14-17, 2025

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Drug Discovery Chemistry is a dynamic conference for medicinal and biophysical chemists working in pharma, biotech, and academia. Focused on discovery and optimization challenges of small molecule drug candidates, this event provides many exciting opportunities for scientists to create a unique program to hear presentations most suited to one's interests by going back and forth among concurrent tracks.

Speakers from industry were strongly represented in 2024, including AbbVie, Astex Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and more. For more on last year’s event, see our testimonial video and photo gallery below:

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While most speakers will be invited, if you would like to be considered for a podium presentation, please submit a speaker proposal by October 7.

APRIL 14, 2025

Degraders & Molecular Glues: Beyond Oncology

Covalent & Induced Proximity-Based Therapies

Generative AI & Predictive Modeling

Drug Discovery in Women's Health

RNA-Modulating Small Molecule Drugs

APRIL 15 - 16, 2025

Degraders & Molecular
Glues - Part 1

Fragment-Based Drug Discovery

AI/ML for Early Drug Discovery - Part 1

GLP1 & Oral Peptides

Emerging Technologies for Discovery Chemistry

The Medicinal Chemistry-Pharmacology Interface

APRIL 16 - 17, 2025

Degraders & Molecular
Glues - Part 2

Protein-Protein Interactions

AI/ML for Early Drug Discovery - Part 2

DNA-Encoded Libraries

Drugging Transcription Factors & Regulators

Drug Exposure at the Target

2024 Plenary Keynotes

Applications of SuFEx Click Chemistry for Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology

Barry Sharpless, PhD

Professor, Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute
2022 and 2001 Nobel Laureate

Reimagining Druggability Using Chemoproteomic Platforms

Daniel Nomura, PhD

Professor of Chemical Biology and Molecular Therapeutics, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

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ABOUT THE EVENT

Focused on discovery and optimization challenges of small molecule drug candidates, Drug Discovery Chemistry is a dynamic event for medicinal and biophysical chemists working in pharma, biotech & academia, and will feature: