Last Thursday, November 14, a group of doctoral students from the Organic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry programs at the University of Barcelona (UB) visited the plant and laboratories of AGC Pharmaceuticals Europe in Malgrat de Mar (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7263169527771713537/). The students from the PDQO, Albert Ruiz, Eduard Balaguer, and Yisong Wen, presented their thesis projects to the company’s executives and researchers.

After the presentations, a guided tour of the facilities was conducted, where the doctoral students had the to see firsthand the different areas that make up a modern CDMO (Contract Research & Development Organization), such as the development laboratories, the kilolab, the production plant, the micronizer, and the wastewater treatment plant.