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A list of companies in the US that hire people in the field of medicinal chemistry. This list is in alphabetical order.

 

 


All 300+ companies included on this list have had at least one medicinal chemistry job posted in the last four years (2015-2019). For additional details about the past job postings of an individual company contact us via email.


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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
AbbVie Lake County, IL AbbVie is a large pharmaceutical company that originated as a spin-off from Abbott in 2013. AbbVie's global headquarters are located in Lake County, IL. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, ADC chemistry.
  South San Francisco, CA AbbVie's South San Francisco location originated from their 2016 acquisition of Stemcentrx. ADC chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
Accent Therapeutics Lexington, MA Accent Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing oncology-focused small molecule therapies in the field of epitranscriptomics. Medicinal chemistry.
Aclaris Therapeutics St Louis, MO Aclaris Therapeutics is focused on the development of dermatologic therapies. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Acme Bioscience Palo Alto, CA Acme Bioscience is a CRO/CMO. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
ActivX San Diego, CA ActivX is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops highly selective, best in class, small molecule drugs. Medicinal chemistry.
Aduro Biotech Berkeley, CA Aduro Biotech is focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of cancer immunotherapies. Medicinal chemistry.
Advenchen Labs Moorpark, CA Advenchen Labs is focused on the research and development of small molecule kinase inhibitors for cancer treatment. Medicinal chemistry.
Aerie Pharmaceuticals Durham, NC Aerie Pharmaceuticals is focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies for glaucoma, retinal diseases, and other diseases of the eye. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
AfaSci Redwood City, CA AfaSci is a small biopharmaceutical company. Medicinal chemistry.
Agios Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA Agios Pharmaceuticals focuses on cancer metabolism, rare genetic diseases, and metabolic immuno-oncology. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Akebia Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Akebia focuses on hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) based therapeutics in anemia and other serious diseases. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Alios Biopharma (J&J) South San Francisco, CA Alios Biopharma was acquired by J&J in Nov 2014 (jobs are found on J&J website). Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry.
Alkermes Waltham, MA Alkermes focuses on treatments for CNS diseases. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Alnylam Cambridge, MA Alnylam is focused on RNAi therapeutics. Synthesis of nucleosides, nucleotides, lipids, carbohydrates, and other building blocks. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, process chemistry.
Ambys Medicines San Francisco, CA Ambys Medicines develops therapies for patients suffering from devastating liver diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Amgen Thousand Oaks, CA Amgen is a large biopharmaceutical company. Amgen headquarters are located in Thousand Oaks. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry.
AMRI Albany, NY AMRI is a CRO/CMO. AMRI global headquarters are in Albany. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
  Buffalo, NY Medicinal chemistry.
  Rensselaer, NY API manufacturing. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Angion Biomedica Uniondale, NY Angion Biomedica focuses on renal diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Anichem North Brunswick, NJ Anichem is a CRO/CMO. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Anokion Cambridge, MA Anokion focuses on treatments for autoimmune diseases. Bioconjugation of proteins and synthetic polymers. Medicinal chemistry, polymer chemistry, ADC chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry, process chemistry.
Arbutus Biopharma Warminster, PA Arbutus Biopharma leverages their expertise in liposomal drug delivery and RNA interference to develop therapeutics for chronic hepatitis B infection. Medicinal chemistry.
Arcus Biosciences Hayward, CA Arcus Biosciences develops cancer immunotherapies. Medicinal chemistry.
Ardelyx Fremont, CA Ardelyx develops gut-restricted therapies for GI and cardiorenal diseases. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Arrakis Therapeutics Waltham, MA Arrakis Therapeutics is focused on the discovery of RNA-targeted small molecules (rSMs) to treat disease. Medicinal chemistry.
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Madison, WI Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals develops RNAi-based therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, bioconjugation.
AstraZeneca Boston, MA AstraZeneca is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company. Medicinal chemistry.
  Waltham, MA Medicinal chemistry.
Athenex Buffalo, NY Athenex is focused on developing innovative cancer therapies. Medicinal chemistry.
Avidity Biosciences San Diego, CA Avidity Biosciences develops therapeutics for rare muscle disorders and other serious diseases. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, polymer chemistry, bioconjugation chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX Baylor College of Medicine is on the cutting-edge of medicine and medical research. Center for Drug Discovery. Small molecules. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
BIOAGE Berkeley, CA BIOAGE leverages their AI-driven platform to discover and develop drugs that treat aging. Medicinal chemistry.
BioBlocks San Diego, CA BioBlocks is a CRO. Medicinal chemistry.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Birmingham, AL BioCryst Pharmaceuticals focuses on rare disease therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Biogen Cambridge, MA Biogen is a large biotech company. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry.
BlackThorn Therapeutics San Francisco, CA BlackThorn Therapeutics develops treatments for neurobehavioral disorders. Medicinal chemistry.
Blade Therapeutics South San Francisco, CA Blade Therapeutics develops novel anti-fibrotic therapies. Medicinal chemistry.
Blueprint Medicines Cambridge, MA Blueprint Medicines focuses on research towards kinase therapies. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
BMS Cambridge, MA BMS is a large pharmaceutical company. The Cambridge site focuses on R&D (drug discovery & translational medicine). Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
  Princeton, NJ The Princeton location focuses on R&D. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, radiochemistry.
  Redwood City, CA The Redwood City location focuses on biologics drug discovery. Medicinal chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
Boehringer Ingelheim Ridgefield, CT Boehringer Ingelheim is a large pharmaceutical company. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Bolt Biotherapeutics Redwood City, CA Bolt Biotherapeutics is developing Boltbody™ Immune-stimulating Antibody Conjugates (ISAC), a new class of cancer therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry.
Broad Institute Cambridge, MA The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (usually simply called the Broad Institute) is a biomedical and genomic research center. Medicinal chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
C4 Therapeutics Watertown, MA C4 Therapeutics discovers and develops drugs that target disease-causing proteins for destruction. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Calibr (Scripps Research) San Diego, CA Calibr is a non-profit biomedical research institute. Calibr merged with Scripps Research in 2016. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
Calithera Biosciences San Francisco, CA Calithera Biosciences develops cancer therapeutics targeting tumor metabolism & immunology. Medicinal chemistry.
Capella Therapeutics San Diego, CA Capella Therapeutics develops small molecule therapeutics for cancer and inflammatory diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Carmot Therapeutics Berkeley, CA Carmot uses Chemotype Evolution to discover novel drugs. Carmot headquarters are located in Berkeley. Medicinal chemistry.
  San Francisco, CA Medicinal chemistry.
Casma Therapeutics Discovery, MD Casma Therapeutics is focused on harnessing the natural cellular process of autophagy to develop novel therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry.
Cayman Chemical Ann Arbor, MI Cayman Chemical is a CRO/CMO and chemical supplier. Synthetic chemistry, process chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
Cedilla Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Cedilla is harnessing intrinsic protein stability mechanisms to broaden the reach of small molecule therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry.
ChemoCentryx Mountain View, CA ChemoCentryx focuses on small molecule therapeutics that target the chemoattractant system. Medicinal chemistry.
ChemPartner South San Francisco, CA ChemPartner is a CRO/CMO. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
Circle Pharma South San Francisco, CA Circle Pharma is focused on discovering and developing cell-permeable macrocyclic peptide therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry.
Cleave Bioscience Burlingame, CA Cleave Bioscience is focused on disrupting protein homeostasis for the treatment of specific cancers. Medicinal chemistry.
Concert Pharmaceuticals Lexington, MA Concert Pharmaceuticals uses deuterium chemistry to discover and develop innovative new medicines. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Constellation Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA Constellation Pharmaceuticals develops novel therapeutics that target epigenetic regulators. Medicinal chemistry.
Corbus Pharmaceuticals Norwood, MA Corbus Pharmaceuticals develops therapeutics for inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Crestone Boulder, CO Crestone develops small molecule drugs for serious bacterial infections. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals San Diego, CA Crinetics Pharmaceuticals develops therapeutics for rare endocrine diseases and endocrine-related tumors. Medicinal chemistry.
Crowdout Therapeutics Nashua, NH Crowdout discovers and develops therapeutics for cystic fibrosis. Medicinal chemistry.
CS PharmaSciences Newark, CA CS PharmaSciences develops novel therapeutics in cancer treatment. Medicinal chemistry.
CuraSen San Mateo, CA CuraSen is focused on the discovery and development of therapies to treat neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, etc). Medicinal chemistry.
Curium Pharma St Louis, MO Curium Pharma develops, manufactures, and supplies radiopharmaceutical products. Medicinal chemistry.
Cyteir Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Cyteir is developing the next generation of synthetic lethal therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune disease. Medicinal chemistry.
Cytokinetics South San Francisco, CA Cytokinetics engages in the R&D of therapies for people suffering from debilitating diseases that rob them of key muscle functions. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA The Dana Farber Cancer Institute is a comprehensive cancer treatment and research center. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, radiochemistry.
Decibel Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Decibel Therapeutics discovers and develops new medicines to protect, repair, and restore hearing. Medicinal chemistry.
Deciphera Lawrence, KS Deciphera develops kinase inhibitors for cancer. Medicinal chemistry.
Denali Therapeutics South San Francisco, CA Denali discovers and develops therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
DiCE Molecules Redwood City, CA DiCE Molecules is focused on DNA-programmed chemical synthesis and its application to drug discovery. Medicinal chemistry.
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA Dicerna is focused on diseases involving the liver. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
DSK BioPharma Morrisville, NC DSK BioPharma is a CRO. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Editas Medicine Cambridge, MA Editas Medicine is a genome editing company dedicated to treating patients with genetically defined diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Eisai Andover, MA Eisai is a large pharmaceutical company. Medicinal chemistry.
EMD Serono (Merck KGaA) Billerica, MA The biopharma business of Merck KGaA. Medicinal chemistry.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Watertown, MA Enanta Pharmaceuticals creates small molecule drugs for viral infections and liver diseases. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Entasis Therapeutics Waltham, MA Entasis is focused on the next generation of antibacterial therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry.
Epizyme Cambridge, MA Epizyme develops targeted epigenetic medicines for cancer. Small molecule inhibitors of histone methyltransferases (HMTs). Medicinal chemistry.
Escient Pharmaceuticals San Diego, CA Escient Pharmaceuticals develops GPCR-targeted drugs for a wide range of indications. Medicinal chemistry.
Eternity Bioscience Cranbury, NJ Eternity Bioscience is a drug discovery company. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Exelixis Alameda, CA Exelixis discovers & develops cancer therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry.
  South San Francisco, CA Medicinal chemistry.
Expansion Therapeutics Jupiter, FL Expansion Therapeutics is a drug discovery and development company pursuing the vast potential of small molecule medicines for RNA-mediated diseases. Medicinal chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Manhasset, NY The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research is focused on the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for various conditions (lupus, arthritis, diabetes, Alzheimers, sepsis). Medicinal chemistry.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals San Diego, CA Ferring is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the areas of reproductive health, women’s health, urology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and orthopedics. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry.
FibroGen San Francisco, CA FibroGen utilizes their expertise in fibrosis and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) biology to develop treatments for anemia, fibrosis, cancer, and corneal blindness. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Flavine Closter, NJ Flavine links advanced API manufacturers with markets and pharmaceutical companies. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Fochon Pharmaceuticals San Francisco, CA Fochon Pharmaceuticals discovers small molecule therapeutics for cancer and metabolic diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Foghorn Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Foghorn Therapeutics develops innovative therapeutics that target chromatin remodeling complexes to treat cancer and other serious medical disorders. Medicinal chemistry.
FogPharma Cambridge, MA FogPharma is pioneering a new drug modality called cell-penetrating mini-proteins (CPMPs). Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry.
Forkhead BioTherapeutics Bristol, PA Forkhead BioTherapeutics is focused on advancing transformational oral therapies (FOXO1 inhibitors) for insulin-dependent diabetes. Medicinal chemistry.
FORMA Therapeutics Branford, CT FORMA Therapeutics discovers and develops medicines for cancer and other diseases. The Branford location is a research center. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
  Watertown, MA FORMA's headquarters are located in Watertown. Medicinal chemistry.
Fox Chase Chemical Diversity Center (FCCDC) Doylestown, PA FCCDC is a CRO. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
  King of Prussia, PA Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
Fraunhofer USA Newark, DE Fraunhofer USA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of applied research. Natural product analogues. Medicinal chemistry.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center conducts biomedical research to eliminate cancer and other potentially fatal diseases. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
Fulcrum Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Fulcrum Therapeutics develops new medicines by transforming gene regulation in disease. Medicinal chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Genentech (Roche) South San Francisco, CA Genentech is a large biotech company, part of the Roche Group. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry, process chemistry.
Genosco Cambridge, MA Genosco is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pursuing the discovery and development of novel small-molecule drugs (kinase inhibitors). Medicinal chemistry.
Gilead Foster City, CA Gilead is a large biopharmaceutical company. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
  Seattle, WA Medicinal chemistry.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Cambridge, MA GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a large British pharmaceutical company. DNA encoded small molecule libraries. Medicinal chemistry.
  Collegeville, PA Novel antibacterial agents, API Chemistry, metal-organic frameworks. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
  King of Prussia, PA API chemistry, platform chemical technologies development, heterogeneous catalyst optimization. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
  Upper Providence, PA Medicinal chemistry.
  Waltham, MA DNA encoded library technology, oligonucleotides, antibodies, linker synthesis. Medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
GlycoMimetics Gaithersburg, MD GlycoMimetics specializes in small molecules that mimic the structure and activities of naturally occurring carbohydrates (glycomimetic drugs). Medicinal chemistry.
Goldfinch Bio Cambridge, MA Goldfinch Bio discovers and develops therapeutics for kidney disease. Medicinal chemistry.
Gossamer Bio San Diego, CA Gossamer Bio focuses on immunology-based therapeutics in the autoimmune, allergy/inflammation, immuno-oncology, and fibrosis disease areas. Medicinal chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
H3 Biomedicine Cambridge, MA H3 Biomedicine is focused on cancer genomics based drug discovery. Medicinal chemistry.
Haystack Sciences San Francisco, CA Haystack Sciences is a drug discovery company utilizing DNA-Encoded Library technologies. Medicinal chemistry.
HotSpot Therapeutics Cambridge, MA HotSpot Therapeutics is discovering new allosteric therapies with the ability to treat disease in new ways. Medicinal chemistry.
Human BioMolecular Research Institute (HBRI) San Diego, CA HBRI is a non-profit research institute focused on basic research for the public good. Medicinal chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
IDEAYA Biosciences Menlo Park, CA IDEAYA Biosciences focuses on the discovery & development of innovative oncology therapies in personalized medicine and immuno-oncology. Medicinal chemistry.
  South San Francisco, CA Medicinal chemistry.
ImmunoGen Waltham, MA ImmunoGen focuses on the development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer. Medicinal chemistry, ADC chemistry, process chemistry.
ImmunoMet Therapeutics Houston, TX ImmunoMet Therapeutics is dedicated to developing innovative oncology products. Medicinal chemistry.
Inception Sciences San Diego, CA Inception Sciences is a drug discovery company that creates new companies in partnership with pioneering academic researchers and major biopharmaceutical companies. Medicinal chemistry.
Incyte Wilmington, DE Incyte's therapeutic focus is primarily oncology. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Indi Molecular Culver City, CA Indi Molecular is developing protein catalyzed capture (PCC) agents as a small synthetic molecule replacement for antibody-based therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry.
Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) Seattle, WA IDRI focuses on the R&D of products to prevent, detect, and treat infectious diseases (vaccines, diagnostics, and drugs). Small molecules for tuberculosis drug discovery. Medicinal chemistry.
Inimmune Missoula, MT Inimmune is focused on the discovery and development of novel immunotherapeutics for an array of disease areas. Medicinal chemistry.
Inova Falls Church, VA Inova is a not-for-profit research institute. Medicinal chemistry.
Intarcia Therapeutics Raleigh, NC Intarcia focuses on merging medicine with technology to develop innovative therapies. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry.
Intellia Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Intellia Therapeutics leverages genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9) to develop potential cures for people with genetic diseases. Small molecules, nucleotides, nanoparticles, lipids, macromolecules. Medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
Intercept Pharmaceuticals San Diego, CA Intercept Pharmaceuticals engages in the development of novel synthetic bile acid analogs to treat chronic liver diseases. Development & manufacture of obeticholic acid. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals San Diego, CA Ionis Pharmaceuticals is a pioneer in the discovery and development of antisense drugs. Medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, process chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Janssen (J&J) Cambridge, MA Janssen, part of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), is a large Belgian pharmaceutical company. Medicinal chemistry.
  San Diego, CA Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
  South San Francisco, CA Medicinal chemistry.
  Spring House, PA Medicinal chemistry, radiochemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Kaleido Biosciences Bedford, MA Kaleido Biosciences discovers groundbreaking microbiome-targeted therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry.
Kalyra Pharmaceuticals San Diego, CA Kalyra Pharmaceuticals focuses on developing therapeutics that address unmet needs in the area of pain management, anti-infectives, and fibrosis. Small molecules. Medicinal chemistry.
Kezar Life Sciences South San Francisco, CA Kezar Life Sciences focuses on small molecule therapeutics targeting protein homeostasis to treat unmet needs in autoimmunity and cancer. Medicinal chemistry.
Kintai Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Kintai Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on microbiome metabolites. Small molecules. Medicinal chemistry.
Kronos Bio Cambridge, MA Kronos Bio engages in the research and development of first-in-class therapies that modulate historically recalcitrant cancer targets. Medicinal chemistry.
KSQ Therapeutics Cambridge, MA KSQ Therapeutics utilizes its CRISPRomics platform, which pinpoints therapeutic nodes that directly correlate genomic function to disease, for new drug development. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Kymera Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Kymera Therapeutics is advancing the field of targeted protein degradation to deliver breakthrough medicines. Medicinal chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company San Diego, CA La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company is focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies. Medicinal chemistry.
Landos Biopharma Blacksburg, VA Landos Biopharma develops safer, more effective oral, first-in-class therapeutics for autoimmune diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Leidos Frederick, MD Leidos is a company focused on defense, aviation, IT, and health. Discover new therapeutic interventions against RAS-driven cancers. Medicinal chemistry.
LifeMine Therapeutics Cambridge, MA LifeMine Therapeutics utilizes genome mining and recombinant overexpression to search through the genomes of fungi and unearth new drugs. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry.
Lilly Indianapolis, IN Lilly is a large pharmaceutical company. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, peptide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
Lin BioScience San Diego, CA Lin BioScience discovers and develops drugs aimed at cancer and eye diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Loxo Oncology (Lilly) Boulder, CO Loxo Oncology engages in the development of highly selective medicines for patients with genomically defined cancers. Loxo was acquired by Lilly in Feb 2019. Medicinal chemistry.
Luye Pharma Group Boston, MA Luye Pharma Group is dedicated to developing innovative medicines in oncology, neurodegenerative disorders, and other disease areas with high unmet medical needs. Medicinal chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Magenta Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Magenta Therapeutics is leveraging the power of stem cell science to revolutionize stem cell transplantation for patients with immune-based and blood-based diseases. Medicinal chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
Mannan Pharmaceuticals San Diego, CA Mannan Pharmaceuticals is focused on therapeutics for various muscular dystrophies and metastatic cancers. Medicinal chemistry.
MarvelBiome Woburn, MA MarvelBiome is focused on harnessing the power of the microbiome for treating various human diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Maze Therapeutics South San Francisco, CA Maze Therapeutics is focused on translating genetic insights into new medicines. Medicinal chemistry.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is devoted exclusively to cancer patient care, research, education, and prevention. The Therapeutics Discovery Division develops small-molecule drugs, biologics, and cellular therapies. Medicinal chemistry, radiochemistry.
Melinta Therapeutics New Haven, CT Melinta Therapeutics discovers, develops, and commercializes novel antibiotics. Small molecules. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) New York, NY MSK is a cancer treatment and research institution. Medicinal chemistry.
Merck Boston, MA Merck is a large pharmaceutical company. The Boston location is a research center focused on discovery research. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
  Cambridge, MA The Cambridge location is home to Merck's Exploratory Science Center (ESC) which focuses on the earliest stages of discovery research. Small molecules, peptides, carbohydrates, nucleotides. Payloads & linkers for conjugates. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
  Kenilworth, NJ Merck's headquarters are in Kenilworth. The site is a main biologics R&D hub. R&D activities also include core chemistry and preclinical development (PCD) capabilities. Small molecules, peptides, macrocycles, bioconjugates, nucleosides. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
  Rahway, NJ The Rahway location is a research-focused campus that includes core chemistry and preclinical development (PCD) capabilities. Biocatalysis, chemical biology, flow chemistry. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, radiochemistry.
  South San Francisco, CA The South San Francisco location spans exploratory research through early clinical development. Medicinal chemistry.
  West Point, PA The West Point location is home to Merck’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, radiochemistry.
Mersana Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Mersana focuses on developing antibody drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry, polymer chemistry, ADC chemistry, process chemistry.
Microbiotix Worcester, MA Microbiotix is focused on the discovery and development of small molecules that target serious infectious diseases (antibacterial, antiviral, and antiparasitic). Medicinal chemistry.
Minerva Biotechnologies Waltham, MA Minerva Biotechnologies is developing cancer immunotherapies and cancer drugs. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry, bioconjugation chemistry.
Mirati Therapeutics San Diego, CA Mirati Therapeutics targets the genetic and epigenetic drivers of cancer. Medicinal chemistry.
Moderna Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Moderna Therapeutics is pioneering a new class of medicines made of messenger RNA (mRNA). Small molecules, nucleotides, nucleosides, lipid nanoparticles. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, conjugation chemistry, process chemistry.
Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, FL The Moffitt Cancer Center focuses on personalized cancer care and translational research. Medicinal chemistry, radiochemistry.
Morphic Therapeutic Cambridge, MA Morphic Therapeutic is leading the development of a new generation of oral integrin drugs. Medicinal chemistry.
Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY Mount Sinai is a health network involved in research, patient care, and education. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
MyoKardia South San Francisco, CA MyoKardia is pioneering precision medicine to discover, develop, and commercialize targeted therapies for the treatment of serious and neglected cardiovascular diseases. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Nami Therapeutics Los Angeles, CA Nami Therapeutics develops specifically designed nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of therapeutic agents, including radio-therapeutics, to tumors. Medicinal chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
Nanosyn Santa Clara, CA Nanosyn is a CRO. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Navigen Salt Lake City, UT Navigen conducts peptide-based drug development by leveraging the unique properties of D-peptides. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry.
Nektar Therapeutics Huntsville, AL Nektar Therapeutics develops therapeutics based on its advanced polymer conjugate chemistry technology platform. Medicinal chemistry.
  San Francisco, CA Medicinal chemistry.
Neurocrine Biosciences San Diego, CA Neurocrine Biosciences develops small molecule antagonists against G-protein coupled receptors for neurologic and endocrine related disorders. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Neuropore Therapies San Diego, CA Neuropore discovers small molecule therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and related neurodegenerative disorders. Medicinal chemistry.
NewLink Genetics Ames, IA NewLink Genetics focuses on novel immuno-oncology products for cancer. Medicinal chemistry.
Nimbus Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Nimbus Therapeutics focuses on promising targets in metabolic disease, oncology, and inflammation. Small molecules. Medicinal chemistry.
Novartis Cambridge, MA Novartis is a large Swiss pharmaceutical company. The Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) headquarters are in Cambridge, MA. Medicinal chemistry.
  Emeryville, CA The Emeryville location is a Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD) site. Medicinal chemistry.
  San Diego, CA The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) is located in San Diego. Medicinal chemistry.
NovoBiotic Cambridge, MA NovoBiotic focuses on the discovery of new antibiotics targeting serious drug-resistant infections. Drug compounds derived from novel natural products. Medicinal chemistry.
Novo Nordisk Indianapolis, IN Novo Nordisk is a large Danish pharmaceutical company. The Indianapolis site was established in late 2015 when Novo Nordisk acquired Calibrium and MB2. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
  Seattle, WA Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
Nuredis Menlo Park, CA Discover and develop treatments for neurological and neuromuscular nucleotide repeat diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Nurix San Francisco, CA Nurix is a leader in discovering a new class of drugs that work by modulating the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS). Medicinal chemistry.
Nuvalent Cambridge, MA Nuvalent focuses on discovering & developing small molecule therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Omeros Seattle, WA Omeros is a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing, and commercializing both small molecule and protein therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Organix Woburn, MA Organix is a CRO. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
ORIC Pharmaceuticals South San Francisco, CA ORIC Pharmaceuticals discovers and develops therapies to overcome resistance in cancer. Medicinal chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Pfizer Cambridge, MA Pfizer is a large American pharmaceutical company. Rare Diseases, Internal Medicine, Oncology. Medicinal chemistry.
  Groton, CT Pfizer's research headquarters are located in Groton. Process Chemistry group within the Chemical Research and Development (CRD) group. Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
  San Diego, CA The San Diego location is a Pfizer Worldwide R&D lab. Oncology. Medicinal chemistry.
Pharmacyclics (AbbVie) Sunnyvale, CA Pharmacyclics is a research-based biopharmaceutical company acquired by AbbVie (May 2015). Develop and commercialize small molecule medicines for the treatment of cancers and immune-mediated diseases. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Phelix Therapeutics Philadelphia, PA Phelix develops therapeutics for unmet medical needs. Peptidomimetic drugs, chemical biology, peptide stapling, macrocyclization. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry.
Plexium San Diego, CA Plexium specializes in immunomodulation as a therapeutic approach for CNS and oncology. Small molecule drug development, DNA-encoded library synthesis. Medicinal chemistry.
Plexxikon Berkeley, CA Plexxikon was acquired by Daiichi Sankyo (Apr 2011). Plexxikon engages in the discovery and development of small molecule pharmaceuticals. Medicinal chemistry.
Pliant Therapeutics Redwood City, CA Pliant Therapeutics is focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing breakthrough treatments for fibrotic diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Portola Pharmaceuticals South San Francisco, CA Portola Pharmaceuticals engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapeutics in the fields of thrombosis and other hematologic diseases. Small molecules. Medicinal chemistry.
Prelude Therapeutics Wilmington, DE Prelude Therapeutics is focused on discovering and developing new medicines targeting chromatin function to treat cancer and rare diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Principia Biopharma South San Francisco, CA Principia Biopharma is focused on bringing transformative oral therapies to patients with significant unmet medical needs in immunology and oncology. Medicinal chemistry.
Progenra Malvern, PA Progenra discovers new medicines through targeting the ubiquitin proteasome system. Medicinal chemistry.
Proneurotech South San Francisco, CA Proneurotech is focused on discovering and developing neuroprotective drugs that prevent axon loss after acute injury or chronic degenerative disease. Medicinal chemistry.
PTC Therapeutics South Plainfield, NJ PTC Therapeutics is focused on the development of small molecule drugs that regulate gene expression by targeting post-translational control (PTC) mechanisms. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
PureTech Health Boston, MA PureTech Health is pioneering the development of therapeutics based on the crosstalk and biology of the brain-immune-gut axis. Lipid chemistry, prodrug chemistry, bioconjugation chemistry. Medicinal chemistry.

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)

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Company Location(s) Description (company info & past job details)
Rapafusyn Pharmaceuticals Baltimore, MD Rapafusyn Pharmaceuticals develops therapeutics for unmet medical needs. Medicinal chemistry.
Ra Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA Ra Pharmaceuticals leverages macrocycle peptide technology in their drug discovery effort. Peptidomimetic drugs, macrocyclic peptides, small molecules. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry.
Reata Pharmaceuticals Irving, TX Reata Pharmaceuticals develops small molecule therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Receptos (Celgene) San Diego, CA Receptos is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company acquired by Celgene (2015). Jobs are on Celgene website. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Recursion Pharmaceuticals Salt Lake City, UT Recursion Pharmaceuticals combines experimental biology, automation, and artificial intelligence for drug discovery. Medicinal chemistry.
Regeneron Tarrytown, NY Regeneron discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. Medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, ADC chemistry.
Regulus Therapeutics San Diego, CA Regulus is advancing microRNA therapeutics across several key areas (fibrosis, hepatitis C, & metabolic diseases). Medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
Relay Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Relay Therapeutics is building a drug discovery pipeline centered on protein motion. Medicinal chemistry.
Relypsa Redwood City, CA Relypsa is part of Vifor Pharma Group (Sep 2016). Relypsa is focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of polymeric medicines. Polymer chemistry, medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Retrophin San Diego, CA Retrophin develops life-changing therapies for people living with rare diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Revolution Medicines Redwood City, CA Revolution Medicines accesses the small molecule chemical space favored by evolution (ex. natural products) to modulate medically important biological activity. Medicinal chemistry.
Reyoung Corporation Gaithersburg, MD Reyoung Corporation manufactures and sells pharmaceutical products. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
Rheos Medicines Cambridge, MA Rheos Medicines is focused on developing novel medicines that modulate immune cell metabolism with an initial focus on treating patients with severe autoimmune diseases and cancer. Medicinal chemistry.
Ribometrix Durham, NC Ribometrix discovers small molecule drugs that target functional 3D RNA structures to treat human diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
Ribon Therapeutics Lexington, MA Ribon Therapeutics is pioneering the discovery of new cancer medicines that target monoPARP proteins, critical regulators of cancer survival mechanisms. Medicinal chemistry.
Rigel Pharmaceuticals South San Francisco, CA Rigel focuses on small molecule drugs for immune and hematologic disorders, cancer, and rare diseases. Medicinal chemistry.
RTI International Research Triangle, NC RTI is a nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Medicinal chemistry.

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Sage Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Sage Therapeutics develops small molecule drugs for CNS disorders. Medicinal chemistry.
Samumed San Diego, CA Samumed develops therapeutics to address a range of degenerative diseases, regenerative medicine, and oncology. Medicinal chemistry.
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) San Diego, CA SBP is a non-profit that combines fundamental research with drug discovery to address unmet clinical needs. Small molecules. Medicinal chemistry.
Sanofi Waltham, MA Sanofi is a large pharmaceutical company. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Sarepta Therapeutics Andover, MA Sarepta Therapeutics is focused on the discovery and development of precision genetic medicines to treat rare neuromuscular diseases. Phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMOs). Medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, peptide chemistry, conjugation chemistry, process chemistry.
  Cambridge, MA The headquarters for Sarepta Therapeutics are located in Cambridge. Medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry, peptide chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
Scripps Research Jupiter, FL Scripps Research was formerly named The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI). One of the largest private, non-profit biomedical research organizations in the world. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
  San Diego, CA Scripps Research headquarters are located in San Diego. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
Seattle Genetics Bothell, WA Seattle Genetics is an industry leader in developing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for treating cancer. Medicinal chemistry, ADC chemistry, process chemistry.
Silicon Therapeutics Boston, MA Silicon Therapeutics is an integrated computational drug discovery company focused on developing novel medicines. Medicinal chemistry.
Silverback Therapeutics Seattle, WA Silverback Therapeutics is focused on cancer immunotherapy. Medicinal chemistry.
Sirenas San Diego, CA Use proprietary AI technology to discover potential therapeutics from the natural, complex environments of the global microbiome (ex. the ocean). Small molecules, natural products. Medicinal chemistry.
SiteOne Therapeutics San Francisco, CA SiteOne Therapeutics is developing a new class of non-opioid, non-NSAID pain treatments targeting the Nav1.7 sodium channel. Medicinal chemistry.
Solid Biosciences Cambridge, MA Solid Biosciences is focused on finding meaningful therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne). Gene therapy. Medicinal chemistry.
Sorrento Therapeutics San Diego, CA Sorrento develops cancer therapeutics. ADC chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
Southern Research Institute Birmingham, AL The Southern Research Institute is a non-profit research institution with four divisions (Drug Discovery, Drug Development, Engineering, and Energy & Environment). Small molecules, peptides. Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry.
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) San Antonio, TX The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a non-profit, applied R&D organization (engineering & physical sciences). Small molecules, medicinal polymers. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, polymer chemistry, conjugation chemistry.
Spring Bank Pharma Hopkinton, MA Spring Bank Pharma leverages their proprietary Small Molecule Nucleic Acid Hybrid (SMNH) chemistry platform to discover and develop novel therapies. Nucleosides, nucleotides. Medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry.
SRI International Menlo Park, CA SRI International is a non-profit research institute that performs R&D sponsored by government or industry. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Stealth Biotherapeutics Newton, MA Stealth Biotherapeutics develops therapies to treat the mitochondrial dysfunction associated with genetic mitochondrial diseases and many common age-related diseases. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, peptide chemistry.
StemSynergy Therapeutics Franklin, TN StemSynergy develops novel therapeutics to effectively treat cancer by blocking the cancer stem cells. Medicinal chemistry.
St Jude Memphis, TN St Jude is a pediatric treatment and research hospital. Medicinal chemistry, radiochemistry.
SUMO Biosciences Pasadena, CA SUMO Biosciences engages in research addressing major human oncogenes and immuno-oncology targets. Medicinal chemistry.
Sunovion Marlborough, MA Sunovion focuses on creating medicines for respiratory diseases and central nervous system disorders. Medicinal chemistry.
Sutro Biopharma South San Francisco, CA Sutro Biopharma focuses on the next generation of cancer and autoimmune therapeutics — antibody conjugates, bispecific antibodies, and cytokine derivatives. Medicinal chemistry, ADC chemistry.
Symic Bio San Francisco, CA Symic Bio is developing novel compounds that target and affect the extracellular matrix (ECM), the non-cellular component of tissue. Medicinal chemistry.
Synchronicity Pharma South San Francisco, CA Synchronicity Pharma (formerly Reset Therapeutics) is developing therapeutics focused on modulating circadian clock genes. Medicinal chemistry.
Syros Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA Syros Pharmaceuticals is pioneering a new area of medicine focused on controlling the expression of genes. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.

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Takeda Cambridge, MA Takeda is a large Japanese pharmaceutical company. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
  San Diego, CA Medicinal chemistry, peptide chemistry.
Tango Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Tango Therapeutics uses CRISPR-enabled synthetic lethality to develop medicines that take direct aim at specific tumors. Medicinal chemistry.
Tarveda Therapeutics Watertown, MA Tarveda Therapeutics develops novel miniature drug conjugates uniquely designed to selectively target, rapidly penetrate, and eradicate solid tumors. Medicinal chemistry.
TAXIS Pharmaceuticals Monmouth Junction, NJ TAXIS Pharmaceuticals is researching new classes of antibiotic agents to treat life-threatening, multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Medicinal chemistry.
Terns Pharmaceuticals San Mateo, CA Terns Pharmaceuticals discovers & develops small molecule drugs for liver disease and cancer. Medicinal chemistry.
Tetra Discovery Kalamazoo, MI Tetra is developing drugs to treat Alzheimer's, depression, and brain injury. Medicinal chemistry.
Theravance South San Francisco, CA Theravance focuses on the areas of inflammation and immunology. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Translational Genomics Research Institute (Tgen) Phoenix, AZ The Translational Genomics Research Institute (Tgen) is a non-profit medical research institute. Medicinal chemistry.
Trevena King of Prussia, PA Trevena engages in the discovery and development of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) biased ligands. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.

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Unity Biotechnology Brisbane, CA Unity Biotechnology is developing medicines that potentially halt, slow, or reverse age-associated diseases, while restoring human health. Medicinal chemistry.
Usona Institute Madison, WI Usona Institute is a medical research organization focused on alleviating depression and anxiety in people for whom current medical treatments fall short. Medicinal chemistry.

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Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Vanderbilt University is a large research university. Medicinal chemistry.
VenatoRx Malvern, PA VenatoRx engages in the discovery and development of new medicines to treat drug-resistant infections. Medicinal chemistry.
Venenum Biodesign Hamilton, NJ Venenum Biodesign focuses on the discovery of novel small molecule therapeutic products. Small molecules, nucleosides, nucleotides, oligonucleotides, and phosphoramidites. Medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry.
Verge Genomics South San Francisco, CA Verge Genomics is a drug discovery company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop new therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases (ALS, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, etc). Medicinal chemistry.
Verseon Fremont, CA Verseon leverages its proprietary drug discovery platform for rapid and cost-effective drug discovery. Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
  Palo Alto, CA Synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry.
Vertex Boston, MA Vertex focuses on discovering transformative medicines to help people with serious diseases like cystic fibrosis. Vertex headquarters are in Boston. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, radiochemistry.
  San Diego, CA Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.
Vibliome Therapeutics Bozeman, MT Vibliome Therapeutics is focused on developing kinase inhibitors. Medicinal chemistry.
ViewPoint Therapeutics San Francisco, CA ViewPoint Therapeutics is focused on the development of small molecule treatments for protein misfolding diseases, including cataracts. Medicinal chemistry.
ViiV Healthcare (GSK) Branford, CT ViiV Healthcare is entirely dedicated to HIV medicines. GSK holds majority stake in ViiV. Medicinal chemistry.
Vividion San Diego, CA Vividion applies transformational proteomics to the development of innovative therapeutics that treat major unmet clinical needs. Medicinal chemistry.

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WAVE Life Sciences Cambridge, MA WAVE Life Sciences develops therapies for patients with serious, genetically defined diseases. Medicinal chemistry, oligonucleotide chemistry.
Wistar Institute Philadelphia, PA The Wistar Institute focuses on early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Medicinal chemistry.

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Xenon Pharmaceuticals Boston, MA Xenon is focused on developing innovative therapeutics for neurological disorders. Medicinal chemistry.

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Yumanity Therapeutics Cambridge, MA Yumanity develops therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Lou Gehrig’s disease. Medicinal chemistry.

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Zoetis Kalamazoo, MI Zoetis is the largest animal health company in the world (medicines, vaccines, diagnostic product, etc). Novel veterinary small molecule therapeutics. Medicinal chemistry, process chemistry.