The “Journées Franco-Belges de Pharmacochimie” is a recognized two-day annual meeting on Medicinal Chemistry that is renowned for the advanced science presented, conviviality, and outstanding opportunities for senior and young scientists to exchange knowledge. Abstracts of plenary lectures, oral communications, and posters presented during the meeting are collected in this report.

The paper investigates the relevance of medicinal chemistry for family planning and birth control by means of contraception. It discusses hormonal and non-hormonal methods and draws attention to the two central aspects of contraception, namely efficacy and safety of contraceptive methods.

In late August, hundreds of chemists gathered on the eastern edge of Europe, some sipping raki while looking over the Bosporus Strait to the Asian continent. More than 900 people attended the 19th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry in Istanbul from August 29 to September 2, 2006, hosted by the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC) and the Turkish Association of Pharmace...