Symeres is a leading European CRO for small molecule synthesis, drug discovery and chemical manufacturing. Symeres is the result of the fusion of three Dutch CROs in organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, process research and API development, i.e. Mercachem in Nijmegen (founded in 1997), Syncom in Groningen (1988) and Alcami (Cambridge Major Laboratories Europe, Chemshop) in Weert (1999). Recently, Admescope in Finland (Oulu) and Sweden (Södertälje) operating in ADME-Tox, was acquired. With over 500 scientists, Symeres offers best-in-class solutions for synthesis, drug discovery and cGMP production of APIs for up to clinical phase IIb. Symeres maintains a strong network of strategic alliances with partner companies that offer the highest quality services in their own specialized area. This network allows us to expand our chemistry and biology services to HTS, structure analysis, target identification, and more.
Whereas the majority of our customers are pharma and biotech companies, we work and collaborate a lot with academic research groups too. The University of Antwerp is one of them and has engaged Symeres (Mercachem) as a partner in the IT-DED³ project. By facilitating 3-month internships in our synthesis laboratories at our head offices in Nijmegen, Symeres provides the opportunity for three PhD students to learn how chemical research is conducted in industry. They can work in one of our internal company programs, not connected to their own IT-DED³ research subject, allowing them to broaden their expertise and skills in organic synthesis and scale-up of compound preparations. The students are allocated in a project team under supervision of an experienced scientist and present their results, including an introductory overview of their IT-DED³ results, in our biweekly lab meetings. In 2020, Davide Ceradini (LIOS) successfully worked on the synthesis of impurities to be used as analytical standards for the development of a commercial API. In 2021 Camilla Scarpellini and Alba Ramos Llorca (UA) will be visiting Symeres for 3-month internships. We hope they will also contribute successfully to our internal research programs and help to further expand our relationship with European academia and University of Antwerp in particular.
For more information see www.symeres.com or contact norimasa.morita@symeres.com and elena.herrero@symeres.com. Our IT-DED3 contact: peter.molenveld@symeres.com