The significant social benefits, as well as the considerably economic consequences, of the discovery of a new therapeutic drug makes drug discovery one of the most complex and fascinating research areas, to which chemists provide a fundamental contribution.

The research conducted at the DSCF covers the entire range of activities in this area, from the structure-based drug design of lead compounds, to the synthesis of new biologically active molecules, to drug formulation and release, including the synthesis of recombinant proteins.