Pluri-institutional:

INCT-INOFAR unifies the diverse Brazilian competences in the area of pharmaceuticals and medications, centralizing the knowledge produced in Universities and Institutes of Science and Technology (ICTs) along the country. 

As it enables researchers of different institutions to work together, the Institute promotes the exchange between large centers and emerging research groups. It contributes, in this capacity, to reduce the regional imbalance in research activities, and to consolidate the Brazilian expertise in a strategic sector for health public policy.

The cooperative activity, through a network of institutions from different geographical regions, is a way to contribute to the increase of the scientific and technological production of emerging centers, mostly in the Midwest and Northeast regions, benefiting the qualification at undergraduate and graduate level.


INOFAR is present in 8 Brazilian states

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

The innovation process in pharmaceuticals has multidisciplinary characteristics, which demands competences in several subfields in Health: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Technology, among other specific fields of science. 

For that, INCT-INOFAR has a multidisciplinary and pluri-institutional team, with research groups of the highest academic excellence, qualified by their previous results and able to carry to term all the stages of the rational discovery of new pharmaceuticals successfully.

INCT-INOFAR is made up of specialists in the areas of Chemistry, Biology, and Health Sciences. Among these we highlight Pharmacology, Toxicology, X-Ray Crystallography, Molecular Modeling, Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, and Organic Synthesis, among other related fields.

By promoting interdisciplinarity, INCT-INOFAR acts in the entire chain of innovation in pharmaceuticals and medications, making the current research projects advance through cooperation, aiming to achieve state of the art in pharmaceutical innovation.