
6th Swiss Industrial Chemistry Symposium
30. January 2026, Biozentrum Basel

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Symposium on Chemistry
6th Swiss Industrial Chemistry Symposium
30. January 2026, Biozentrum Basel
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Symposium on Chemistry
08.30
Registration and conference opening
09.00
Welcome Message
Session 1 - Chair: tbd.
09.15
Dr. Michal Shoshan, metaLead Therapeutics AG
«Short peptides as next-generation chelating agents for treating Wilson disease»
09.35
Dr. Lionel Saudan, dsm-firmenich
«Hydrogenation and Hydroformylation Reactions for the Synthesis of New Perfumery Ingredients»
10.05
Session 2 - Chair: tbd.
10.30
Dr. Henrick Moebitz, Novartis
«Adventures in chemical space»
11.00
Dr.Rafael Bermeo Malo, and Dr. John Lopez, Novartis
«FXX489 – A FAP targeting ligand with best-in-class potential for Radioligand Therapy»
11.45
Dr. Alessandro Castrogiovanni and Dr. Francesca Militano, Merk
«An end-to-end robotic platform for high-throughput formulation development of biologics»
12.05
Dr. Daniel Hunziker and Dr. Serena Fantasia, Roche
«Discovery and process development of Mosperafenib: the next-generation brain permeable, paradox breaker BRAF inhibitor»
12.35
Lunch Break, Networking,
Poster Session
Session 3 - Chair: tbd.
14.00
Dr. Dominique Roberge, Lonza
«Innovative Journey to Continuous-Flow Industrialization»
14.30
Dr. Lorena de Luca, Givaudan
«AmbreXolideTM: Synthesis via Olefin Metathesis»
15.00
Dr. Thomas Debnar, Siegfried
«Sustainability by Process Design – Development of a 3-Step Domino-Sequence en route to buprenorphine»
15.20
Coffee Break
Session 4 - Chair: tbd.
15.40
Dr. Trung Cao, Cilag
«Driving Sustainability in the API Early Development Space»
16.00
Dr. Fides Benfatti and Dr. Federico Dapiaggi, Syngenta
«Target-Based Design and Hit to Lead Optimization of Pyrimidinylpyrazole Insecticides»
16.30
Ceremony Best Presentation Awards
17.00
Aperitif and networking