French Medicinal Chemistry Society (Société de Chimie Thérapeutique, SCT)

The SCT promotes multidisciplinary knowledges in the major pharma R&D domains, particularly in Drug Design and Selection, Chemical Biology, Medicinal Chemistry, ADME-T. The society organizes once a year an international meeting in Medicinal Chemistry covering the above mentionned topics, in addition to focused meetings for young researchers, spring and automn workshops on dedicated topics. SCT allocates awards and grants, fostering young scientists' career in Medicinal Chemistry.

Awards & Prizes:

• Galapagos Award for Drug Discovery Chemistry, sponsored by Galapagos
• Evotec Prize for Excellence in Molecular Design, sponsored by Evotec
• Wermuth Prize for Best Educators in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
• SCT Award for Young Investigator in Medicinal Chemistry in academia, sponsored by SCT
• SCT Award for Young Investigator in Medicinal Chemistry in industry, sponsored by SCT
• Best Poster at RICT, sponsored by SCT
• Best Oral Presentation and Best Posters Prizes at Young Research Fellows Meeting (JJC), sponsored by SCT

Publishing activities:

• Newsletter and Viewpoints

Organisation of meetings, conferences, webinars

• Annual International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (RICT)
• Annual Young research Fellow Meeting (YRFM)
• Thematic meetings (1-2/y)
• Webinars (3-4/y)

Scientific Coaching

• Targeted Protein Degradation: past, current and future strategies
  (May 30, 2024), Sanofi Campus, Gentilly, France
• RICT 2024 - 58th International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry
  (July 3-5, 2024), Bordeaux, France