We're delighted to announce that Activate Scientific will be exhibiting at @[EFMC - European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology](urn:li:organization:1950001) Medicinal Chemistry 2026, taking place in Basel from the 6th to the 10th of September.
This biennial symposium remains one of the standout events in the medicinal chemistry calendar, bringing together around a thousand scientists from industry and academia across five days of world-class programming. The opening plenary lecture will be delivered by @[Gisbert SCHNEIDER](urn:li:person:7xwCGjGNpf) of ETH Zurich, a pioneer in computer-assisted drug design whose work has helped shape modern AI-driven medicinal chemistry and scaffold-hopping methodologies, setting the tone for a symposium with a strong focus on how computational and machine learning methods are reshaping hit-to-lead work. The programme also draws heavily on the host city's own pharmaceutical heritage, with speakers including @[Philipp Holzer](urn:li:person:UF5Wz6vJbt), Executive Director in Global Discovery Chemistry at Novartis Biomedical Research in Basel, and @[Daniel Ricklin](urn:li:person:uqgVX7gQrJ), Professor of Molecular Pharmacy at the University of Basel, whose work spans experimental drug discovery from small molecules to biomolecular drugs. Across three parallel sessions, we are excited to hear lectures on topics such as target identification, lead optimisation, chemical biology, and emerging therapeutic modalities, alongside six company workshops and two poster sessions. We'll be at our stand throughout the symposium to discuss medicinal chemistry building blocks, synthetic challenges and the projects you're working on. If you're attending, we'd love to meet you.