About Us

About Us

Strategically located in Discover Park, Sandwich, UK, Asymchem’s European Headquarters serves as a hub for small molecule R&D and GMP manufacturing. Our seamless, end-to-end development and production solutions are driven by a world-class team of scientists and engineers who leverage data-rich experimentation, cutting-edge technologies, and digital innovation to deliver safe, high-quality and efficient processes, accelerating success for our partners worldwide.

Overview

Asymchem Sandwich: Trusted Partner for Quality, Speed and Delivery.


           

Asymchem is a leading global CDMO with facilities in the USA, China, and the UK. Our European headquarters at Discovery Park, Sandwich, UK, is a state-of-the-art centre for small molecule R&D and cGMP manufacturing. Backed by decades of pharmaceutical expertise and advanced technologies, we deliver end-to-end solutions that drive innovation, quality, and value for our partners worldwide.


Plans and investments:


Asymchem, Sandwich is driving sustainable innovation through strategic investment in industry-leading flow chemistry and biotransformation screening technologies. These advanced capabilities enhance R&D efficiency while reducing environmental impact. With the addition of cutting-edge cGMP flow chemistry equipment for pilot plant manufacturing, we’re expanding our ability to deliver scalable, high-quality, sustainable solutions to our global partners.


And we’re actively exploring opportunities to manufacture and launch small- to medium-volume commercial APIs through our Sandwich pilot plant—strengthening our API supply capabilities. Looking ahead, we plan to broaden our service offerings to include R&D and manufacturing for peptides, oligonucleotides, and other next-generation modalities, supporting innovation across the pharmaceutical landscape.


Factory Address:


Discovery Park House, Building 530, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, England, CT13 9ND

Resources and Core Capabilities
Engineering,
Crystallization, Process
safety
Analytical Development,
Structure elucidation
Regulatory dossier support
Continuous Flow
Chemistry
Route enabling,
right-first-time scale-up
High-Throughput
Experimentation
Early to late-stage Process Research & Development

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Our Values

Trusted Partner for Quality, Speed and Delivery

Excellence
Innovation
Teamwork
Trust
Meet the Leadership Team
Guoxi Zheng
Guoxi Zheng

Senior Vice President, Site Operations

Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson

Executive Director, GMP Pilot Plant

Dave Henderson
Dave Henderson

Executive Director, R&D Laboratories

Andrew Derrick
Andrew Derrick

Senior Director, API Technology & Engineering Services

Samantha Rogers
Samantha Rogers

Director, Analytical R&D

James Long
James Long

Director, Process Management

Martin Pye
Martin Pye

Director, Quality Assurance

Steve Twiddle
Steve Twiddle

Director, Chemical R&D

Clare Crook
Clare Crook

Senior Manager, Process Safety & Process Engineering Lead

Steve Fussell
Steve Fussell

Senior Manager, High-Throughput Experimentation

Barry Goligher
Barry Goligher

Senior Manager, Operations & Facilities

Stephen Adams
Stephen Adams

Manager, Engineering Lead

Craig Sharp
Craig Sharp

Manager, EHS

Craig Ward
Craig Ward

Associate Research Fellow, Quality Control

Yiming Chen
Yiming Chen

Executive Director, Human Resources

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