Shanghai, June
17, 2026 -- During CPHI China 2026, PharmaBlock Sciences (Nanjing), Inc. (SZSE:
300725, “PharmaBlock”) hosted its group strategy launch event in Shanghai,
officially unveiling its new strategic positioning as a “
Empowering
next-generation therapies with green and intelligent chemistry
.” Dr.
Minmin Yang, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PharmaBlock,
together with the company’s core management and technical leadership team,
reviewed PharmaBlock’s evolution from a molecular building block business into
an integrated CRDMO platform, and presented its latest platform capabilities across
intelligent design, green manufacturing and integrated enablement.
Innovative drug
R&D is shifting from a model driven primarily by target opportunities
toward one that places greater emphasis on technology platforms, process
capabilities and industrialization efficiency. Against the backdrop of
increasingly complex molecules, compressed development timelines and more
stringent global regulatory requirements, the role of CDMO companies is also
changing: their value is moving beyond basic manufacturing execution and
extending upstream into key areas such as molecular discovery, process design,
quality system development and commercial delivery.
Reconstructing Next-Generation CRDMO Through Green and Intelligent
Capabilities
Dr. Yang noted
that over the past 18 years, PharmaBlock has continued to deepen its expertise
in small-molecule chemistry and process technologies, building comprehensive
service capabilities that span early-stage research, clinical development and
commercial manufacturing. The company has also accumulated capabilities in
green manufacturing, integrated services and global operations. In his view,
geopolitics, artificial intelligence and carbon-reduction requirements are
jointly reshaping the industry landscape, and traditional CRDMO models will
struggle to fully address the complexity of next-generation therapies without
new technological support.
According to
Dr. Yang, the core of PharmaBlock’s “Green and Intelligent Chemistry Engine”
lies in integrating intelligent R&D, green processes, digital applications
and regionalized global delivery. On one hand, the company aims to improve
early-stage discovery efficiency through building blocks, laboratory automation
and AI technologies. On the other hand, it seeks to enhance manufacturing safety,
compliance, efficiency, cost competitiveness and sustainability through
continuous flow, enzymatic catalysis, digital process development and
production, and green operations. To better serve global customers, PharmaBlock
has also proposed a “region for region” service model, leveraging coordinated
operations across China, the United States and Europe to stay closer to
customers and improve supply chain resilience.
AI Drug Discovery Platform Improves Early-Stage R&D Efficiency
During the
technology presentation, Dr. Jun Lu, Vice President of PharmaBlock, introduced
ZoeStar™, the company’s self-developed end-to-end AI drug discovery platform.
According to Dr. Lu, ZoeStar™ is built on PharmaBlock’s more than 200,000
building blocks and the deep integration of AI algorithms. The platform
constructs virtual chemical spaces and generates molecules based on fragments
derived from building blocks. Unlike purely algorithm-driven molecular
generation, ZoeStar™ recommends candidate molecules under the constraints of
synthetic accessibility and available physical building block resources,
significantly improving the feasibility of moving AI-designed molecules into
experimental validation and subsequent development.
Drug discovery
today faces three layers of complexity: complex biology, complex molecular
modalities and complex R&D cost structures. PharmaBlock’s proposed path is
“AI + building blocks.” In this system, molecular building blocks have evolved
from conventional “chemical fragments” into “PharmaChips” -- high-quality
chemical infrastructure that can be called by AI, synthesized and scaled up.
Continuous Flow Enables Scalable Implementation of Complex Processes
Aimin Jiang,
Executive Director of PharmaBlock and Head of the Continuous Flow Department,
said that green and sustainable development, digital transformation, and
pressure across both R&D and manufacturing are jointly driving changes in
pharmaceutical manufacturing models.
Continuous flow
and micro-packed bed platforms not only improve production capacity, but also
address industrialization pain points such as scale-up of hazardous reactions,
safe production and quality stability through precise heat and mass transfer,
residence time control, online monitoring and engineering modeling.
To date,
PharmaBlock has accumulated nearly 1,000 project practices across its
continuous flow and fixed-bed platforms, with some projects reaching ton-scale
production. Taking fixed-bed hydrogenation as an example, a 10-liter unit can
deliver continuous output equivalent to that of a traditional large-volume
batch reactor, while significantly reducing the amount of material held online.
Integrated CRDMO: From Point Solutions to Proactive Enablement
Dr. Shanbao Yu,
Vice President of PharmaBlock, discussed changing industry needs from the
perspective of integrated CRDMO services.
He noted that
when innovative drug companies advance complex molecule projects, they often
need to systematically balance route design, chiral construction, process
safety, quality control, cost optimization and scale-up production. For CDMO
companies, future capability requirements will shift from passive execution and
point solutions toward end-to-end collaboration, technology-driven services and
earlier involvement.
Integration is
not simply about putting drug substance and drug product capabilities together.
Rather, it requires the continuous transfer of process, analytical, quality and
project management knowledge. DS/DP collaboration can help reduce repeated
technology transfers and late-stage rework from PCC to IND, IND to NDA, and
commercial supply, while improving data integrity and quality consistency.
Dr. Yu also
emphasized that in areas such as complex small molecules, peptides, PROTACs and
ADCs and AOCs, PharmaBlock will use building blocks, non-natural amino acids,
linker libraries and innovative process technologies as foundational support to
gradually expand its service capabilities for next-generation therapies.
Customer Representative Shares a Decade of Collaborative Partnership
Dr. Yuchuan
Gong, Vice President and Head of Small Molecule Drug CMC at BeOne Medicines, a
global oncology innovation company, attended the event as a customer
representative and shared the long-term collaboration between the two
companies. According to Dr. Gong, the partnership between BeOne Medicines and
PharmaBlock began at the drug discovery stage and later expanded into CMC
development and commercial supply.
Dr. Gong said
PharmaBlock has provided sustained support to certain BeOne Medicines projects
in areas including molecular building blocks, key starting materials,
continuous flow processes, continuous hydrogenation, and mechanism- and
data-driven R&D. The collaboration is intended to help shorten process
development timelines, reduce manufacturing costs and improve consistency in
critical quality parameters. He added that he looks forward to continued
collaboration between the two companies across more innovative targets and drug
molecules, with the shared goal of bringing high-quality and accessible innovative
medicines to patients worldwide.
Globalization and Sustainable Development Advance in Parallel
In addition to its technology platforms, PharmaBlock also
introduced its global production and service network.The company sets Nanjing
as its global R&D center; the Zurich site in Switzerland as a strategic hub
for European R&D support, warehousing and logistics services; West Chester
and Hatfield sites in Pennsylvania, U.S., to serve local North American
clients; and Zhejiang and Shandong manufacturing sites to support end-to-end
production from clinical trials to commercialization. In 2025, overseas revenue
accounted for more than 72% of PharmaBlock’s total revenue.
In terms of ESG
and quality systems, PharmaBlock’s Zhejiang manufacturing site has passed FDA
and NMPA PAI inspections and obtained multiple certifications, including ISO
14001 for environmental management, ISO 50001 for energy management, ISO 45001
for occupational health and safety, ISO 27001 for information security, ISO
28000 for supply chain security, and GB/T 39604 for social responsibility
management systems. The company has also received the American Chemical Society
Green Chemistry Award for two consecutive years.
Speakers at the
event collectively pointed to one trend: competition among CDMO/CRDMO companies
in the new era is no longer only about capacity, pricing and delivery speed.
Increasingly, it is a comprehensive competition across platform technologies,
engineering scale-up, green manufacturing, digital capabilities, quality systems
and global supply networks. For innovative drug companies, a truly valuable
partner must be able to understand molecular and project risks at an earlier
stage and provide continuous support across R&D, CMC and commercial supply.
Dr. Yang said
that looking ahead, PharmaBlock will continue to advance its “Green and
Intelligent Chemistry Engine” strategy, deepen its capabilities in AI, green
processes and global delivery, and provide more efficient and sustainable
R&D and manufacturing support for small molecules and next-generation
therapies such as ADCs, PROTACs, peptides and oligonucleotides.
About PharmaBlock
PharmaBlock was
officially operated in 2008 as a provider of drug-like small molecule
building blocks and has since evolved into a fully integrated CRDMO partner
following its IPO in 2017 (Stock Code: 300725.SZSE). Today, the company offers
end-to-end solutions spanning from early-stage discovery to commercial
manufacturing, with expanding capabilities in emerging modalities such as oligonucleotides,
peptides, and complex conjugates.
PharmaBlock’s
strategy is anchored in advancing sustainability through innovation in green
and intelligent chemistry to empower next-generation therapies. In discovery, the
company has advanced its building blocks into “PharmaChips” for next generation
therapies including novel and high-purity short peptides, amidites and
conjugate linkers. Leveraging three distinctive libraries: a DNA-encoded
library, a fragment library, and an ultra-large, synthetically accessible
virtual library and AI technologies, it enables customers to accelerate hit
discovery and lead optimization
In development,
drawing on extensive experience in the production of thousands of building
blocks, PharmaBlock has built a strong green and intelligent technology
platform for both development and manufacturing. This platform includes flow
chemistry, process modeling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), bio-/metal
catalysis, high-throughput experimentation (HTE), process analytical technology
(PAT), and digitalization, as well as advanced capabilities in Liquid Phase
Peptide Synthesis (LPPS). These capabilities allow the company to address
complex chemistry challenges, reduce development risks, and minimize
environmental impact.
Committed to
green and intelligent chemistry, PharmaBlock combines speed with
sustainability. Its global “region-for-region” model ensures fast turnaround,
reliable supply, and consistent quality for partners worldwide.