About AFMC

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Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (AFMC) was founded on May 11, 1992, with the aim of establishing and promoting international cooperation for the development of pharmaceutical societies in Asia in collaboration with the European Union for Pharmaceutical Chemistry (EFMC) and the American Chemical Society Division of Medicinal Chemistry (ACS MEDCHEM). Our previous presidents and main activities were as below.

President

  1. 1992.05 - 1995.12

    Dr. Naofumi Koga (PSJ, Japan)

  2. 1996.01 - 1997.12

    Dr. Yung Bog Chae (KCS, Korea)

  3. 1998.01 - 1999.12

    Dr. Lihe Zhang (CPS, China)

  4. 2000.01 - 2001.12

    Dr. Peter Andrews (RACI, Australia)

  5. 2002.01 - 2003.12

    Dr. Toshi-hiko Kobayashi (PSJ, Japan)

  6. 2006.01 - 2007.12

    Dr. Ismail Yalcin (CADD&D, Turkey)

  7. 2008.01 - 2009.12

    Dr. David A. Winkler (RACI, Australia)

  8. 2010.01 - 2011.12

    Dr. Masakatsu Shibasaki (PSJ, Japan)

  9. 2012.01 - 2013.12

    Dr. Jih-Ru Hwu (CSLT, Taiwan)

  10. 2014.01 - 2015.12

    Dr. Moon Woo Chun (PSK, Korea)

  11. 2016.01 - 2017.12

    Dr. Renate Griffith (RACI, Australia)

  12. 2018.01 - 2019.12

    Dr. Esin Aki-Yalcin (CADD&D, Turkey)

  13. 2020.01 - 2021.12

    Dr. Norio Matsuki (PSJ. Japan)

  14. 2022.01 - 2023.12

    Dr. Jeewoo Lee (PSK, Korea)

  15. 2024.01 - 2025.12

    Dr. Fen-Er Chen (CPS, China)

Main Activities

  1. Hosting of AFMC International Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (AIMECS)
  2. 01st AIMECS 95 (Tokyo), September 03-08, 1995
  3. 02nd AIMECS 97 (Seoul), July 27-August 01, 1997
  4. 03rd AIMECS 99 (Beijing), September 12-15, 1999
  5. 04th AIMECS 01 (Brisbane), July 03-06, 2001
  6. 05th AIMECS 03 (Kyoto), October 14-17, 2003
  7. 06th AIMECS 07 (Istanbul), July 08-11, 2007
  8. 07th AIMECS 09 (Cairns), August 23-27, 2009
  9. 08th AIMECS 11 (Tokyo), November 29-December 02, 2011
  10. 09th AIMECS 13 (Taipei), October 15-18, 2013
  11. 10th AIMECS 15 (Jeju), October 18-21,2015
  12. 11th AIMECS 17 (Melbourne), July 23-26, 2017
  13. 12th AIMECS 19 (Istanbul), September 08-11, 2019
  14. 13th AIMECS 21 (Tokyo), November 29-December 02, 2021
  15. 14th AIMECS 23 (Seoul), June 25-28, 2023