Based in A Coruña (Spain), Iteria Biopharma will develop a first program in prostate cancer initiated by GalChimia

The meeting of the Spanish Drug Discovery Network will take place at the Valencian Foundation for Biomedical Research from 13 to 15 November 2024.

La obra de arte colectiva ‘Pasión por la Química. Pasión por el Arte’ reúne piezas de nueve artistas emergentes gallegos.

The 2024 Chemistry Nobel Prize has been awarded to D. Baker “for computational protein design” and to D. Hassabis and J. M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction”.

Meet us in Stockholm at BIO-EUROPE, the leading partnering event for the Life Sciences in Europe!

El distintivo PYME INNOVADORA reconoce el compromiso de GalChimia con la innovación y el esfuerzo por desarrollar proyectos de I+D.

The congress will be devoted to «Interfacing Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery» with a high quality and diverse scientific programme.

CiQUS launches its Industrial Advisory Board, comprised by seven distinguished professionals in innovation and transfer.

The Swiss Biotech Day has become a premier biotechnology conference in Europe. Come meet us in Basel on April 22-23!

This year’s Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers event is taking place in Utrecht, we hope to see you there!

El Synthetic Chemist´s Club (SCC) nace con la idea de mejorar las habilidades sintéticas y retrosintéticas de nuestr@s químic@s en un ambiente dinámico y ameno.

Meet us in Barcelona at BIO-Europe Spring, the largest springtime event for the Life Sciences in Europe!

NuCapCure Project Launches to Develop Tailored Multimodal Treatments for GBM Brain Cancer.

Nuestro CSO Jacobo Cruces imparte una formación sobre digitalización en el laboratorio enmarcado en el Hub de Innovación Digital Europeo Datalife.

It’s time to review last year’s figures, read on about our good chemistry in 2023!

Meet us next week in Munich at BIO-Europe, the industry’s largest gathering of biopharma professionals in Europe!

This year we are returning to BIOSPAIN, the main biotechnology event in Spain and one of the most important in Europe.

This year’s International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry is taking place in Zagreb, we hope to see you there!

Tres das empresas xurdidas da actividade investigadora da Facultade de Química da USC distinguen o compromiso coa formación e o esforzo continuo do alumnado do centro.

We had the pleasure to host the VIII SEQT Summer School «Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology in Drug Discovery: The Pharma Perspective».

Come meet us at BOS Basel 2023, the leading R&D outsourcing event for the Pharma and Biotech industries.

We are joining the Spanish Pavillion organized by ASEBIO. Come meet us at booth #645 to learn how we can help you advance your R&D programs in Drug Discovery!

Swiss Biotech Day has become one of the leading biotechnology conferences in Europe. Come meet us in Basel next week!

Our latest article reports the structure-guided design of a receptor-agonist pair able to activate ABA signaling for marked drought resistance.

Read on about our good chemistry in 2022! All our numbers are presented as part of our commitment to transparency.

Meet us next week in Basel at Europe’s largest springtime partnering event for the Life Sciences!

GalChimia has successfully renewed the CIR accreditation granted by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research for the years 2023-2027.

You need a molecule (big or small) to make a drug and, ultimately, to make a molecule, you will need a synthetic chemist.

The 2022 Chemistry Nobel Prize has been awarded to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”.

Meet us at the flagship event of the EFMC, the International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, which is taking place in Nice (France) on September 4-8, 2022.

Our latest article reports the high termal activity and stability of enzyme KLEST-3S in aqueous and organic media in key reactions with commercial substrates.

Our latest article has just been published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, describing the discovery of an allosteric modulator of GLP-1R as part of the project HUMANFARMA.

Our annual exercise of transparency. Read on about our good chemistry and how we performed in 2021.

GalChimia ha recibido el Premio Galicia Innovación 2021 de la Xunta de Galicia en la categoría de Pequeña y Mediana Empresa.

La formación es una de las bases de nuestro desarrollo y trabajamos para impulsar la vocación científica entre los más jóvenes.

After almost two years, we finally got the chance to meet in person in late 2021.

The 2021 Chemistry Nobel Prize has been awarded to Benjamin List and David MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”.

Show your Passion for Chemistry and win an iPad or AirPods! We invite you to join the GalChimia Challenge: test your…

Our latest Technical Note covers one of the most common approaches toward chiral products. Click to read this case study on racemic resolution.

Tenemos el placer de comunicar que GalChimia ha recibido el Premio Provincial a la Mejor Iniciativa Empresarial Consolidada otorgado por la...

We have moved! The long wait for our new Headquarters has come to an end. Following the expansion of our labs…

Jacobo Cruces, cofundador de Galchimia, participó representando a la empresa en la 14º reunión de a Red Nacional de Microorganismos Extremófilos (REDEX).

Las empresas socias del proyecto NEOGALFARM (AmsLab, GalChimia, Nanogap y Oncostellae) se reúnen para consolidar la primera plataforma gallega de descubrimiento de fármacos en oncología.

El distintivo PYME INNOVADORA reconoce el compromiso de GalChimia con la innovación y el esfuerzo por desarrollar proyectos de I+D.

En GalChimia celebramos nuestra relación con la SEQT, premiando la Pasión por la Química de investigadores noveles en el campo de la química médica.

Investigación industrial para el descubrimiento de nuevos fármacos inmunoterapéuticos en tratamiento de cáncer de colon Período de ejecución: Julio 2018 –...

GalChimia se complace en invitaros a la jornada de cierre del proyecto IO4COLON.

A few years back, we participated in the research project HOTDROPS, whose goal was to search for new biocatalysts through the development of an ultrahigh-throughput platform. The project thus combined three sciences: enzymology, microfluid technology, and organic chemistry.

One more year of great productivity for GalChimia! Click here to see the achievements of our teams of chemists.

Check out our latest Technical Note where we describe a continuous process developed in house for the efficient synthesis of substituted pyrazoles.

Jacobo Cruces hablará sobre el desarrollo de fármacos y como la cristalografía ayuda a los químicos a diseñar nuevas y mejores moléculas.

Our latest article with Esteve Pharmaceuticals is now available in J. Med. Chem., with participation as well of researchers from UPF and UGR. Click here to read it!

Here is our tribute to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their pioneering work in gene editing and the preceding discoveries that made possible the development of CRISPR technology

The event includes also a Virtual Exhibition, where you will be able to learn about GalChimia’s passion for chemistry and arrange a meeting with us via Zoom.

Let's start saying that 2020 was a really interesting year. Interesting in the sense of the old Chinese curse (which is...

Check out our new paper about the identification of 6-amino-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines with in vivo efficacy against visceral leishmaniasis

We are excited to present the work carried out in collaboration with Hypha Discovery for the preparation of a wide range of napropamide derivatives with great interest to the agrochemical industry.

Let's start saying that 2020 was a really interesting year. Interesting in the sense of the old Chinese curse (which is...

Participamos un año más como empresa colaboradora en el Máster de Química Orgánica que imparten conjuntamente la UAM, la UCM y la USC.

According to the ASEBIO 2019 report, Spain remains a powerful region in terms of biotechnology and Research & Development efforts.

Customer Orientation, in GalChimia, is much more than covering the needs of a customer, it involves providing the best solution to a problem.

In the present times where we have lost confidence (the so-called “era of misinformation” or “post-truth”), GalChimia has defined Transparency as a priority in its messages and in its procedures.

La Innovación, además de un valor, se ha convertido en GalChimia en una pieza clave de nuestra cultura, teniendo así un impacto profundo en la organización al generar un entorno favorable para el debate y el desarrollo de nuevas ideas.

La filosofía de GalChimia está definida por cinco valores: Comunicación, Compromiso, Transparencia, Innovación y Orientación al Cliente.

La filosofía de GalChimia está definida por cinco valores: Comunicación, Compromiso, Transparencia, Innovación y Orientación al Cliente.

La filosofía de GalChimia está definida por cinco valores: Comunicación, Compromiso, Transparencia, Innovación y Orientación al Cliente.

GalChimia has successfully renewed the CIR accreditation granted by the French government for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.

In GalChimia, as part of the MedChem community, we feel this could be a good time to reflect and share some thoughts about the COVID-19 situation.

Con motivo del 8 de marzo, Día Internacional de la Mujer, la sección Sociedad Civil del Ateneo de Santiago organizó este pasado lunes una mesa redonda titulada “Universitarias, científicas y emprendedoras”, que además de reivindicar la igualdad ha tratado de hacer balance sobre la situación de las mujeres en la sociedad.

Gaich et al. have recently reported the total synthesis of an extremely complicated molecule, canataxpropellane. We thus wonder, have we reached the limits of synthetic complexity?

In GalChimia, we are chemistry enthusiasts. Our fascination with organic synthesis has led us to expand our activities and areas of expertise over the years. Want to know more? Keep reading!

GalChimia agradece a todos los integrantes y colaboradores del Proyecto BIOGREEN su implicación y trabajo, que han sido claves para la obtención de los resultados.

One more year of great productivity for GalChimia! Click here to see the achievements of our teams of chemists.

GalChimia became a reality thanks to the inspiration of our four co-founders. Keep reading and discover all the emotions that define us!

It’s time to talk about the chemical elements that fill the periodic table. Have you ever wondered why we have so many (or so few) elements? Keep reading!

The Rule of Five has had a remarkable effect on drug discovery strategies; twenty years on, the history of this set of rules can be described as both influential and controversial.

The Chemistry Nobel Prize has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

The best way to sum up the 2019 GalChimia get-together is throughout the emotions generated in all of us.

El pasado viernes (11 de octubre 2019) se celebró la jornada de seguimiento del proyecto IO4COLON para el descubrimiento de productos terapéuticos novedosos contra el cáncer de colon.

GalChimia se complace en invitaros a la jornada de seguimiento del proyecto IO4COLON

The European Union becomes the first governing body in the world to recognize plant biostimulants as a distinct category of agricultural inputs.

This document includes the most relevant data on the evolution of the sector, as compiled by the Spanish Statistical Office and further analyzed by Asebio.

The chemical elements can be arranged in many different ways, and here we show you some of our favorite designs.

This symposium will bring together chemists from industry, academia and start-up companies from around the world.

Bremelanotide (commercialized as Vyleesi) has recently been approved by the FDA for the treatment of low sexual desire in women.

2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table, an initiative by the IUPAC with support from the UNESCO.

The Synthesis in Organic Chemistry conference is a flagship event for the international organic chemistry community. This year many sessions reflect the global tendency of chemistry getting closer to biology.

The French Medicinal Chemistry Society organizes the 55th edition of the International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (RICT 2019).

Coinciding with the inauguration of its new laboratories, the company celebrated the first “GalChimia Day”.

Carme Pampín will be giving some closing remarks on this first edition of the GalChimia Day.

Jose María Palacios will present the evolution of the current pharmaceutical market, the challenges for technological transfer, and the relationship between big pharma, emerging companies and academia.

Richard Roberts will present the business model of the Kærtor Foundation, an answer to the existing gap in R&D funding in Spain.

Guido Kurz will present the approach Oncostellae has taken for the development of one of their oncology projects. In particular, he will describe a strategy for organ targeting.

Enrique Fernández obtained his Bachelor and Master in Chemistry at the Universidad de Salamanca, and his PhD in Organic Chemistry from…

The 20th Annual Drug Discovery Summit will take place in Berlin from June 11-12, 2019. Come visit us at Booth 10!

Jacobo will describe the current challenges in discovery chemistry, where compound diversity has become more important than the size of the compound library at the GalChimia Training Day.

In his talk, Luc Marti will describe some of the challenges in moving forward from the discovery of an active compound to its application in pre/clinic, highlighting the importance of his pharmacology background to help him understand the relation between biology and chemistry activities.

Antoni Torrens studied Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Barcelona and obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry in 1990. He is currently Responsible of External Collaborations and Strategic Alliances at Esteve Pharmaceuticals.

Julie Masse will be your moderator at the conference «Challenges in drug discovery». If you want to learn and understand the problems you may face when developing a new drug or hear about creative approaches, this is your day.

GalChimia day is an event about people, a moment were we could all learn about what challenges scientists have gone through, in the hope of helping fellow scientists to move faster with their research programs.

Our team in Madrid was involved in the development of antileishmanial compounds. This research was made in collaboration with GSK and Dundee University.

Desde GalChimia, nos sumamos a la celebración de este día para dar visibilidad a una función que ha sido y sigue siendo un elemento clave en nuestra gestión.

GalChimia thanks all the partners of the Nanofacturing project for the involvement and teamwork that have been key to obtaining the results.

As usual, the figures for started and completed projects are not very significant, but they are a 10% higher than in 2017, because 2018 was indeed one of the busiest years in GalChimia’s history.

El proyecto ChemClasses es un programa formativo compuesto por píldoras semanales sobre química enfocado a las necesidades reales del equipo GalChimia.

GalChimia recibiu a Axuda Galicia Exporta empresas 2018 para apoiar a implementación do seu Plan de Internacionalización.

El objetivo del proyecto Droughtdrugs es desarrollar una nueva generación de compuestos que puedan activar la resistencia a la sequía en plantas de cosecha

IO4COLON es una iniciativa de investigación liderada por GalChimia, Oncostellae y AMSlab para el descubrimiento de nuevos fármacos contra el cáncer de colon

El pasado 11 de febrero se celebró el Día de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia, que nos da la oportunidad de visibilizar el importante trabajo que las mujeres realizan en el ámbito científico.

An 8 million Euros grant was attributed by the EU to the ShikiFactory100 project, an international effort coordinated by biotech SME SilicoLife, in cooperation with some of the most relevant players in Europe, covering leading research institutions, SMEs and a large industrial company.

Estamos orgullosos de poder comunicar que hemos renovado con éxito nuestro certificado ISO 14001:2015 referido a las instalaciones en Galicia.

Como parte del compromiso de GalChimia con los efectos e implicaciones de nuestra actividad, participamos en el II Programa Responsabilízate.

El pasado miércoles 14, nuestra CEO Carme Pampín y nuestra Responsable de RRHH Antía Blanco participaron en Talentia, un evento para dinamizar el empleo.

GalChimia will have the pleasure to introduce its works related with nanotechnology. The symposium will take place in Ljubljana from September 2-6, 2018.

During the project, the synthesis of a COF (Covalent Organic Framework), capable of being used to capture toxins in the marine environment to predict toxic episodes, has been scaled.

Presentación de resultados de Proyecto NEOGALFARM, la plataforma integrada por GalChimia, AMSLab, Oncostellae y Nanogap creada para la búsqueda de fármacos contra el cáncer.

Ya están publicados los resultados del Proyecto NEOGALFARM, centrado en la búsqueda de nuevos fármacos para el tratamiento contra el cáncer mediante el desarrollo de terapias dirigidas a diferentes dianas terapéuticas y de tratamientos combinados. ¡Consúltalos aquí!

GalChimia will have the pleasure to introduce its works related with nanotechnology with the presentation of the poster: “Design and Synthesis of Linkers for Glycan-Coated Gold Nanoparticles Used in Drug Discovery” at the RICT 2018. Come and visit us at booth 12!

El Grupo Especializado de Química Orgánica (GEQOR) de la Real Sociedad Española de Química celebra su XXVII Reunión Bienal en Santiago de Compostela, del 20 al 22 de Junio de 2018. GalChimia se complace en formar parte de este evento como patrocinador.

GalChimia will have the pleasure to introduce its works related with nanotechnology with the presentation of the poster: “Design and Synthesis of Linkers for Glycan-Coated Gold Nanoparticles Used in Drug Discovery”. Come and visit us at booth 22!

New updates on Mytitox Project. All the information here!

Con la apertura de su primera filial, la compañía gallega prevé aumentar un 25% su facturación en los próximos 2 años y acelerar su plan de crecimiento e internacionalización.

Would you crash your own presentation? We give you 10 techniques and other small tricks to follow to make an attractive presentation.

Galchimia’s R&D activities in 2018 will focus on four projects: Nanofacturing, Biogreen, Neogalfarm and Mytitox.

Another year, another set of figures for O Pino Site. 2017 in Numbers shows Galchimia’s figures about projects and products in the past year.

GalChimia and its collaborators have recently published an article in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, if you are interested in this subject please do…

GalChimia centra su actividad en el descubrimiento, desarrollo y comercialización de productos químicos y servicios de alto valor añadido para los laboratorios de investigación farmacéutica.

GalChimia is pleased to inform you that we have in stock several Flufenacet Standards at competitive prices. We are pleased to offer you Good Chemistry.

Las empresas socias del proyecto NEOGALFARM se reúnen para consolidar la primera plataforma gallega de descubrimiento de fármacos en oncología.

Jacobo Cruces, cofundador de Galchimia, participó representando a la empresa en la 14º reunión de la Red Nacional de Microorganismos Extremófilos (REDEX).

Custom Synthesis business line is intended to provide clients with scaffolds, pharmacological standards, etc., that are not commercially available.

GalChimia is pleased to inform you that we have in stock several Donepezil Standards at competitive prices. We are pleased to offer you Good Chemistry.

In GalChimia we apply Design of Experiments (DoE) principles to both process development and drug discovery projects in order to improve critical reactions.

Take your results from the lab to the pilot. We have an expert staff dedicated to the process development. Get to know our Case Studies

Expand your research and development department with GalChimia. We develop, design, evaluate and test new routes for synthesis. Get to know our Case Studies.

Jacobo Cruces, Co-founder and CSO of GalChimia, and Santiago Pérez, Project Manager, will will attend RICT 2017 in Toulouse. To arrange a meeting contact jacobo.cruces@galchimia.com or visit our Booth #23.

…Una pizca de inconsciencia, un mucho de ilusión, una buena ración de constancia, de trabajo y de esfuerzo…un puñado de valentía, de coraje, de compromiso… todo ello aderezado con unas buenas dosis de conocimiento, profesionalidad, dedicación y, naturalmente, pasión. Si a todo esto, le añadimos un chorrito de experiencia (más o menos unos quince años)…el éxito está asegurado.

GalChimia is pleased to inform you that we have in stock several Prochloraz Standards at competitive prices. We are pleased to offer you Good Chemistry.

Nuestro agradecimiento a todas y cada una de las personas que, de un modo u otro, han puesto su corazón y toda su pasión en hacer posible el proyecto GalChimia.
A todos, os invitamos a celebrar esta ocasión tan especial, estad atentos a vuestros emails a lo largo de los próximos meses.

GalChimia has achieved the renovation of the accreditation for Crédit d’Impôt Recherche (CIR) by the French government, for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Julie Masse, International Business Developer at GalChimia, told us about the internationalisation and the international positioning of the company.

En GalChima invitamos a 50 alumnos de 3º y 4º de primaria del colegio de Touro a visitar nuestra empresa en un día lleno de química y actividades.

GalChimia is pleased to inform you that we have in stock several Bicalutamide Standards at competitive prices. We are pleased to offer you Good Chemistry.

On the 8th and 9th May, Bioga (Life Sciences Business Technology Cluster), in collaboration with Invest in Skåne, “Comunidad de Científicos Españoles en Dinamarca” CED-SFD and “Asociación de Científicos Españoles en Suecia” ACES-FSFS, carries out a trade mission to Denmark. Galchimia will attend this trade mission.

Hablamos con Carme Pampín para que nos hable de los orígenes de GalChimia, del equipo, de su modelo de negocio y de su entorno empresarial.

GalChimia se complace en invitaros al acto de presentación del Proyecto Neogalfarm, “Nuevos fármacos contra el cáncer: Desarrollo de terapias dirigidas a…

Once again it is time to show our figures about projects and products in 2016. Compiling this info takes only a…

El nuevo Informe Económico y de Competitividad ARDÁN Galicia 2016 ha sido presentado recientemente. ARDÁN es un servicio de información empresarial…

This R&D project aimed to develop a concept of green biorefinery that uses biomass as raw material, specifically high yield crops not…

GalChimia sponsors the Medicinal Chemistry of Tropical Diseases symposium, XIIth SEQT Symposium and IIIrd Spanish, Portugese and Brazilian meeting that will…

The company usually focused on organic chemistry is looking strongly to optimize organic synthesis through the use of enzymes. In this…

The companies AllGenetics and Galchimia are the winners of the second edition of the Prizes Galicia Spin-off, respectively in the categories…

First of all, we started the quarter defining new R&D business lines for GalChimia. We are evaluating 4 innovative ideas, after…

GalChimia will sponsor the fith Summer School: Medicinal Chemistry in Drug Discovery: the Pharma Perspective organized by the Spanish Society of…

GalChimia customers come from several industries, but the majority can be classified into two categories: agrochemical and pharmaceutical. What are the…

Metoprolol is a selective beta 1 receptor blocker used in treatment of several diseases of the cardiovascular system, especially hypertension. The…

Metoprolol is a selective beta 1 receptor blocker used in treatment of several diseases of the cardiovascular system, especially hypertension. The…

Companies are always on the move, looking for opportunities and new businesses. So at GalChimia we have decided to give you…

This year GalChimia has decided to update its website. The last version of our website was created in 2010 and at…

GalChimia is attending the Crop Protection European Regulatory Conference, on March 9 and 10 2016 in Brussels, organized by the European Crop Care…

GalChimia will be in Bonn, Germany, from March 13th to 16th 2016 to attend the chemical congress: Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry .The…

Following our long standing tradition, we present here our figures about projects and products of 2015. Compiling this info takes only…

GalChimia is participating in the 2nd Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry of University of Minho giving a talk entitled “the different way…

The HOTDROPS project connects four companies and four academic partners to develop an “Ultra Highthroughput platform” for the selection of thermostable…

Our immune system does a remarkable job of defending us against diseases. We can also consider that it has the greatest…

«This generic is an exact copy of your formal medicine.» We have all heard this assurance from our pharmacists, but why…

GalChimia participated in Heterocycles in Bio-organic Chemistry Conference in Metz on June 8-10 and in 51st International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry…

Hotdrops is a FP7 IAPP Marie Curie focused on the development of a high throughput platform based on microfluidics for the…

The “One Health” approach emerged following the unprecedented global response to the highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2007, but the philosophy…

Looking for new customers in France, Belgium, United Kingdom, and other European countries, I realized that the number of pharmaceutical companies…

Copper-Catalyzed Selective Arylations of Benzoxazoles with Aryl Iodides Still trying to decide if this is a joke or not. Any help…

GalChimia is part of the consortium selected by the H2020 EU for grant funding of €7.9 million. Santiago, Spain, 30 March…

We were happy to join and have a stand to this important meeting. Our stand was managed by Bioga, the Galician…

Galchimia participated in BioEurope Spring 2015 in Paris. We were happy to join and have a stand to this important meeting….

Preparation of Pyrazoles from Acetophenones in Flow using a 2–Stage Reaction Flow Chemistry is becoming more and more popular. We have…

Being French, living in Spain and working in English I read different news items from different countries in several languages. Recently,…

One of my favourites blogs, which I have mentioned in previous posts, is In the Pipeline, written by Derek Lowe. He…

In 2014 we were approached to prepare an intermediate in bulk. Our customer had specific issues finding suppliers for this product….

In 2012 we were asked to develop a Me-Better for a compound currently in Clinical Phase III. The product was developed…

Everything started with a headline: “Most cancers are caused by bad luck – not bad judgement, says study” (Independent), and another:…

As is our tradition, here you have our figures about projects and products of 2014. Compiling this info takes only a…

For the first time in 10 years there is no pharmaceutical company among the three biggest R&D spenders! According to the…

GalChimia will be in Basel Area for 4 days in December To arrange a meeting during our instance, please contact Ms. Julie…

GalChimia will be in Belgium 3 days next week and will attend MedChem 2014, this year the conference is about “New…

Considered nowadays as the best tax incentive system for research in Europe, the CIR is a tax tool, that works as…

Over the years, GalChimia has become the leading synthetic organic chemistry CRO in Spain. Recently, the company decided to invest resources…

GalChimia will attend Biopharma Outsourcing B4B-Connection. Contact us to arrange a meeting during the show . We will be delighted to…

GalChimiApplus will attend as exhibitor to this event. Contact us to arrange a meeting during the show or visit us at…

GalChimia attended the 50th anniversary of the International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (RICT). The theme of the…

Deltamethrin is one of the most popular insecticides in the world. A member of one of the safest classes of pesticides,…

Well, it is the first anti-obesity drug approved by the FDA in 13 years (last one was Roche’s Orlistat, marketed as Xenical…

During the last CPhI in Frankfurt we officially presented our joint venture with Applus+ LGAI, christening it GalChimiApplus. This collaboration will…

Selective Copper-Promoted Cross-Coupling Reaction of Anilines and Alkylboranes This year we have worked hard on several aspects of the Copper mediated…

Flow Chemistry New year, new tricks. In a previous issue of our newsletter we have talked about one of the latest…

The review selected for this issue is in fact what the J. Med. Chem. calls a ‘Perspective’ paper. To summarize, it…

Are medicinal chemists simple-minded? Have they forgotten how to synthesize molecules? Have they become lazy? If you think the answers to…

Well, it has been a long, long time. Issue 18 of the newsletter was published on April 1st, so you readers…

IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT Probably most of you are not familiar with this song by…

Design of Experiments (DOE) is a powerful tool commonly used by process chemists in the scale up and process development stages….

Last Year Figures If you have lived through the 80s you will probably remember this word. Another year is behind us…

We are always pride to say that our best asset is our people. Having skilled chemists involves training, so we hold…

Green Chemistry Are you familiar with the twelve points of Green Chemistry? No? Well, maybe it is because you are a…

In the last years there has been an increasing number of chiral New Chemical Entities (NCEs) entering the pipeline of the…

When you spend some time working in the field of Organic Synthesis you understand that Chemistry, as many other things, it…

Stability studies Many of our clients come to us looking for new compounds intended for preliminary in vivo assays. The compounds…

Selective Copper-Promoted Cross-Coupling of Aromatic Amines with Alkylboronic Acids In 2009, we published our results on the selective monomethylation of anilines…

We are proud to announce the launching of our new website. The site has been completely built up with a brand…

HPLC services GalChimia is known by its services in the field of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, but that work relies also on…

Interesting Times An ancient chinese curse says that «May you live in interesting times». This crisis is an interesting time indeed,…

In the next months, we will publish a couple of papers on our research on organometallic couplings. Even if they are…

One of our clients approached us with a request to optimize the preparation of an heterocyclic scaffold used as starting point…

In the last six months, the pharmaceutical industry has seen three acquisitions: Pfizer eats Wyeth, Merck eats Schering-Plough, and Roche eats…

In the last months, some of our clients have expressed their interest (though maybe concern would be more appropriate) about where…

Selective Monomethylation of Anilines by a Copper-Promoted Cross-Coupling Reaction Although selective monoarylation of anilines can be easily achieved, aniline monomethylation represents…

You have on your screen the seventh number of our newsletter. When we started with this project, our intention was to…

Letter to Santa Claus Or to the Three Wise Men, depending on your preferences. Anyway, Christmas is coming, we have been…

Racemic resolution A number of chiral myths exist related to pharmaceutical products. Although nobody here denies the importance of enantioselective synthesis,…

We are involved in several Drug Discovery projects for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, working with them side by side in order…

Ionic liquids have attracted increasing interest in the context of green organic synthesis, because their physical properties and ability to be…

Microwaves have been termed “the Bunsen burner of the 21st century”. The influence of this technique on the current medicinal chemistry…

You have on your screen the third number of our newsletter. When we started this project, by the end of 2007,…

The needs of our clients go beyond mere research, which has led us to become specialists in process development. In order…

Do you require a compound that is not commercially available? An impurity needed in your cGMP process? Are you looking for…

When organic chemists think about suitable boron groups for cross-coupling, the answer is usually «boronic acids and boronates». The chemistry for…

One of our clients approached us with a request to optimize the reduction of an halogenated nitroheterocycle. The starting process used…

Microwaves are one of the most useful tools for medicinal chemists. Reactions that typically required hours can now be carried out…

This is the first issue of our newsletter. Yes, another one. There are other newsletters centered in industry drivers, news, product…

We are involved in several Drug Discovery projects for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, working with them side by side in order…

Everybody knows that Pd(0) is widely used for the formation of C–C, C–O and C–N bonds. However, the use of palladium(II)…

Welcome to our newsletter, Doing Chemistry. Since this is the first issue, we believe necessary to establish the «broad and scope»…