Changing the Global Landscape of Pharmaceutical Innovation in Medicinal Chemistry

The Centre for Medicinal Chemistry (CMC) is an interdisciplinary centre that is designed for the development of new drug candidates, targeting cancer and other diseases. The CMC’s unique approach to drug discovery is changing the landscape of pharmaceutical innovation.

The CMC’s focus is to create compounds that are purpose-built to interrupt specific biochemical processes while avoiding normal cellular functions. These compounds are developed through a series of iterative experiments in synthetic chemistry, molecular biophysics, and cellular biology, to enable advanced pre-clinical trials. This is the last stage in the drug development process before proceeding towards 

Located on the UTM campus, CMC formalizes and creates new tri-campus and interdisciplinary opportunities.