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Prestwick Chemical, the medicinal chemistry company

PRESTWICK CHEMICAL, a premium provider of medicinal chemistry services and smart screening libraries was founded in 1999 by Prof. C.G. Wermuth, a world-known expert in medicinal chemistry, along with top scientists from Strasbourg University.

The company consists of 45 people and is located in its own newly built facility in the ’Parc d’Innovation d’Illkirch’ near Strasbourg, at the crossroads between France, Germany, and Switzerland. We provide comprehensive R&D services in early drug discovery, including hit identification and validation, hit to lead, and lead optimization, using our long term expertise supported by state of the art computational technology.

• contract research services in medicinal chemistry. Our scientists have an outstanding track record of achievements in hit and lead optimization thanks to their long-term practice of heterocyclic and medicinal chemistry. Through our open minded approach, our know-how renowned expertise, we have obtained outstanding "achievements" covering multiple therapeutic domains; several products made for clients are currently in clinical development.
• smart screening libraries (compound collections):
• The Prestwick Chemical Library® (FDA approved drugs)
• Prestwick C. elegans Library
• Prestwick Peptide Library
• Prestwick Fragment Library
• pyridazine building blocks and custom synthesis