Prague–Weizmann School on Drug Discovery is organized by the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (www.uct-prague.eu), the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, (www.uochb.cz), IOCB Tech (www.iocbtech.cz) and the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot (www.weizmann.ac.il).

The Summer School gives a broad overview on the advances in the drug discovery process, from primary research to the production process development.
Expert speakers from major international pharma and biotech companies as well as from academia will cover, among others, these areas:

• Target discovery
• Structure- and in silico-based drug design
• Medicinal chemistry
• Lead structure characterization
• Preclinical and clinical development
• Principles and examples of commercial drugs development cycle
• Intelectual property rights and patent law

The Summer school is intended mainly for PhD students and postdocs. The attendants are welcome to present their research in the form of poster presentations.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Prague in October 2026 for the jubilee 11th Summer school.

Radek Cibulka, Andrea Brancale, Radim Nencka and Julie Proft
Local Organizing Committee