The 52nd International Conference on Synthesis and Analysis of Drugs was held at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University in Hradec Králové on 19 and 20 September 2024. This international event was organised by the Faculty of Pharmacy to celebrate 55 years since its foundation. It was co-organized by the Czech Pharmaceutical Society of Czech Medical Society of Jan Evangelista Purkyně, specifically the Section of Synthetic Drugs and the Section of Pharmaceutical Control and Bioanalysis.
The conference "Synthesis and Analysis of Drugs" was originally conceived from 1966 as a bilateral Czech-Slovak event, when the venues of the conferences regularly alternated between Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia, and the organisers of the event were members of the Section, most often from the pharmaceutical faculties in Hradec Kralove, Bratislava and later also in Brno. The conference became an important meeting place for experts from the pharmaceutical faculties, the then Research Institute for Pharmacy and Biochemistry (VÚFB) and the pharmaceutical industry who were involved in the development of chemical drugs both in terms of their synthesis and analytical evaluation. After the partition of Czechoslovakia, this scientific meeting gradually became an international event with an outreach mainly in Central Europe.
This year's conference continued this trend, with a total of 81 participants from 8 countries coming to Hradec. The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Serbia, Germany, Ukraine, Turkey and Israel were represented. There were 4 plenary lectures (one of which was presented online), 16 short communications, and 45 poster communications. The content of these communications covered advances in medicinal, organic and bioorganic chemistry, and new developments in pharmaceutical analysis and analytical chemistry. The Book of Abstracts can be downloaded here.
After the rich scientific program, a social evening was arranged for Thursday evening at the Pivovarské domy (Brewery Houses). The partners of the conference were Pragolab, Shimadzu, Merck, and Chromservis, without whose financial contribution it would have been very difficult to secure the event. A positive phenomenon was the relatively large attendance of PhD students. Thanks to all members of the organizing committee for the preparation, organization, and realization of the conference. The next conference on the Synthesis and Analysis of Drugs will be hosted by the Faculty of Pharmacy of Masaryk University in Brno in September 2025.
Text: Prof. PharmDr. Martin Doležal, Ph.D., Chairman of Organising Committee of the Conference
Photo: Ing. Jan Škop