The Group for the Promotion of Pharmaceutical chemistry in Academia (GP2A) is a member-led network of academic medicinal chemists working in universities and research institutes in Europe.Founded in 1992, as the Groupement des Pharmacochimistes de l’Arc Atlantique (GP2A) by medicinal chemists working within Schools of Pharmacy near the western coast of Europe (the “Atlantic Arc”), it has rapidly expanded and currently includes academic members from France, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Ireland and the United Kingdom.