Employment opportunities
We are regularly seeking skilled organic chemists (BSc/MSc/PhD) with an entrepreneurial spirit to strengthen our team. If you are interested in working at Mercachem, please ask or send your resumé/CV to Mrs. Yvonne Baggerman. More.
Due to the continuous growth of customer demand for Mercachem's integrated drug discovery and development services, we are pleased to announce that we over the past weeks have expanded our team with seven talented employees:
Patrick Strijbos (analytical department)
Wim Zonneveld (discovery chemistry)
Carien Grotenhuis (parallel chemistry)
Herman van den Oever (discovery chemistry)
Ginger Lutteke (process research)
Sonja Hoogeveen (process research)
Hemen Ibrahim (process research)
Most of our new colleagues had previous careers at MSD in Oss and bring 6 to 17 years industrial experience to Mercachem thus further strengthening our chemistry capabilities.
Press release:
Mercachem announces appointment of Dr. Gerhard Müller as Senior Vice President Medicinal Chemistry
Nijmegen, the Netherlands - May 24, 2011. Mercachem is pleased to announce that Dr. Gerhard Müller has joined the management team of Mercachem as Senior Vice President Medicinal Chemistry thus supporting the strong growth of the medicinal chemistry services and projects. Gerhard will be responsible for expanding Mercachem’s activities in Medicinal Chemistry. (download full article)
Dr. August Wolff Arzneimittel GmbH & Co. KG and Mercachem B.V. start two drug development collaborations
Bielefeld, Germany & Nijmegen, the Netherlands – August 26, 2010. Dr. August Wolff GmbH & Co. KG Arzneimittel and Mercachem have started two multi-year drug development collaborations. Dr. August Wolff GmbH & Co. KG Arzneimittel have licensed a number of patents from universities that cover novel classes of molecules with potential use in dermatology. Mercachem is responsible for medicinal chemistry and project management with the goal to further improve the properties of these molecules and to develop them into clinical candidates. (download full article)
Entrepreneur of the year 2010 of Nijmegen city
On 18 May 2010 the founders of Mercachem have been awarded with the title "Entrepreneur of the year 2010 of Nijmegen city" as a successful example of knowledge based entrepreneurship. Mercachem is one of the leading CRO's in Europe with nearly 110 employees in the area of (medicinal) chemistry, small molecule library services and early process R&D.
Foto: Theo van Zwam
Mercachem participates in new international consortium to develop drugs for neglected tropical diseases
August 2009
A new consortium has been formed to boost drug development for the treatment of two deadly diseases. (download full article)
Mercachem Announces Appointment of Head of Medicinal Organic Chemistry Services
December 2007
Mercachem has appointed Dr Geert Jan Sterk as the new Head of Medicinal Chemistry Services. (download full article)
Mercachem wins the Mercator Award
June 2007
In a competition among 14 succesful University 'spin-off' companies, Mercachem was deemed to be the winner of the Knowledge Industry award! (download full article)
