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# Alchem Laboratories
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/alchem-laboratories/
- Published: 1999-01-02T09:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-07T03:36:40.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**Alchem Laboratories** is an American pharmaceutical research company based in Alachua, Florida.

## History

On January 4, 2020, Alchem's Chief Medical Officer [Robert Malone](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Robert-Malone) received a call from Michael Callahan informing him about the emerging SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Wuhan, China.[\[1\]](#fn1) By this time, Malone was working with the [Defense Threat Reduction Agency](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Defense-Threat-Reduction-Agency) (DTRA)'s [Discovery of Medical Countermeasures Against Novel Entities](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Discovery-of-Medical-Countermeasures-Against-Novel-Entities) (DOMANE) program, through which Malone began investigating famotidine as a possible treatment against COVID-19.[\[2\]](#fn2)[\[3\]](#fn3) On April 14, the [Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Biomedical-Advanced-Research-and-Development-Authority) (BARDA) awarded Alchem Laboratories a $20.7 million contract to conduct a clinical trial on the drug.[\[2:1\]](#fn2)

## Organization

Alchem is a member of the [Medical CBRN Defense Consortium](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Medical-CBRN-Defense-Consortium)[\[4\]](#fn4) and the [Rapid Response Partnership Vehicle](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Rapid-Response-Partnership-Vehicle) (RRPV) Consortium.[\[5\]](#fn5)

### Personnel

| Name                                                                 | Position                                      | Notes                                                                                                                              |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| James Talton                                                         | President and CEO[\[6\]](#fn6)                | Nanopharmaceutics, Discovery Cure Institute, University of Florida Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanotherapeutics |
| [Robert Malone](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Robert-Malone) | Chief Medical Officer (former)[\[1:1\]](#fn1) | \-                                                                                                                                 |

### Partners

Alchen is partnered with:[\[7\]](#fn7)[\[8\]](#fn8)[\[9\]](#fn9)[\[10\]](#fn10)

- Andarix Pharmaceuticals
- Atossa Therapeutics
- Brickell Biotech
- Cato Research
- Cerenis Therapeutics
- Discovery Cure Institute (DCI)
- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology (ICP)
- Eurofins
- Flucel
- Gemphire Therapeutics
- IIT Research Institute (IITRI)
- Molecular Forecaster
- Mountain Valley MD
- MRIGlobal
- Nanopharmaceutics
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Nelson Labs
- Northwell Health
- [Oragenics](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Oragenics)
- Pace Labs
- Praxis Bioresearch
- Southern Research
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- TRACON Pharmaceuticals
- UF Innovate | Accelerate @ Sid Martin Biotech
- United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Univar Solutions

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=pharmaceutical%5Fcompanies:alchem%5Flaboratories)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alchem-laboratories-corp/)
- [Website](https://www.alchem.com/)

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4. *Current Members.* MCDC. Retrieved January 3, 2023, from <http://archive.today/2023.01.03-195328/https://www.medcbrn.org/current-members/> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Current Members.* Rapid Response Partnership Vehicle (RRPV). Retrieved January 19, 2025, from <https://www.rrpv.org/current-members/> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Team.* Alchem Laboratories Corporation. Retrieved July 12, 2023, from <http://archive.today/2023.07.12-160220/https://www.alchem.com/team> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Partners.* Alchem Laboratories Corporation. Retrieved July 6, 2018, from <http://archive.today/2018.07.06-054221/http://www.alchem.com/partners> [↩︎](#fnref7)
8. *Partners.* Alchem Laboratories. Retrieved June 3, 2020, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20200603050647/http://www.alchem.com/partners> [↩︎](#fnref8)
9. *Partners.* Alchem Laboratories. Retrieved June 12, 2021, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20210612192714/http://www.alchem.com/partners> [↩︎](#fnref9)
10. *Partners.* Alchem Laboratories Corporation. Retrieved March 2, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230302203724/https://www.alchem.com/partners> [↩︎](#fnref10)