Macrocyles In Drug Discovery Symposium

September 2026 - 1049rd Monthly Meeting of NESACS: Med Chem Symposium

"Macrocyles In Drug Discovery"

This meeting will be hosted by Merck Research Laboratory, 33 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115

Agenda

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Raj Rajur, Medicinal Chemistry Program Chair

Erin DiMauro Associate Vice President, Discovery Chemistry, Merck

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm Mattie Mitcheltree

Merck, Boston

Title: Strategies for the Design of Permeable Beyond-Rule-of-5 Modalities

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Coming Soon

Affiliation

Title: TBA

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Coming Soon

Affiliation

Title: TBA

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Sarah Kochanek

Novartis, Cambridge

Title: The Discovery & Optimization of Macrocyclic KRAS Inhibitors

4:45 pm – 7:00 pm Networking Reception

ALL ATTENDANEES ARE REQUIRED TO PRE-PAY. WALK-IN’s ARE NOT ALLOWED.

Please use google map. Merck Research Labs, 33 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, 02115

MBTA closest stop: Longwood Medical Area, Longwood

Parking: There is no free parking. Local Paid parking is available 3 Blackfan St.-Center For Life Science Garage, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, NRB Garage

Registration or other questions? Please contact: David Candito by email at [email protected] or Raj Rajur; [email protected].

Organizing Committee:

Mark Ashwell; Brian Aquila; Blaise Lippa; Andrew Scholte; David Candito; Esther Lee; Silvana Leit; Melissa Grenier-Davies; Paul Scola; Lara Czabaniuk; Paul Greenspan; Raj Rajur