Improving global health is a superb multidisciplinary challenge that requires scientists from all over the world and from different disciplines to collaborate. Such global, interdisciplinary collaboration can facilitate cost-efficient access to solutions and help populations in both developing and higher-income countries.
Catalysis, synthetic chemistry, and innovative technologies play a game-changing role in the challenging yet fascinating route to the preparation of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Academic and industrial research has found a common ground to collaborate and merge efforts to define innovative and effective solutions to realize the synthesis of complex molecules in an environmentally and, therefore, cost-effective manner. Under the umbrella of green chemistry, scientists from different disciplines have found the common goal of developing and using recoverable catalytic systems, green solvents, and innovative technologies capable of speeding the transition from the small-scale discovery stage towards the larger industrial commercial scale.
With this symposium, we intend to create a common forum for a dialog about the key aspects that urgently need attention from the academic and industrial communities. The discussion will allow us to describe the different approaches currently under study, with a focus on the technologies capable of reducing the cost of production and making life-saving APIs more accessible in developing countries.