PharmaAdvance PharmaAdvance is a privately held pharmaceutical technology service provider serving pharmaceutical, biotech, academic institutions, and related companies worldwide in the areas of synthetic, medicinal, and process chemistry. PharmaAdvance provides chemistry-based services at all stages of the drug R&D process, ranging from lead optimization, the synthesis of library, library templates, building blocks, intermediates, to scale-ups and process development. Its brand new and 40,000 sq ft state of the art facility is located in Jiangyin city, 80 miles from Shanghai. More and more pharmaceutical companies have applied offshore outsourcing as one of their “must” strategies to increase overall competitiveness and efficiency by taking advantage of offshore inexpensive, but highly educated human resources and the enormous market potential. However, many companies face difficulties and concerns from offshore outsourcing when selecting a partner or a company in countries such as China and India. These difficulties and concerns include credibility and trust, protection of IP, variability of different business “norms”, technical expertise and experiences necessary to deliver the best services in price, quality, and quantity in a timely manner. It is for the goal of helping companies worldwide overcome these difficulties and address these concerns that we established PharmaAdvance in China.