A special forum on personalized medicine and drug discovery was held at the Chinese National Compound Library (CNCL) in the afternoon of January 24, 2013. It was chaired by Professor Ming-Wei Wang, Director of the National Center for Drug Screening (NCDS). Professor Min Huang, Dean of School of Pharmacy, Sun Yat-Sen University, delivered a lecture about the subject. Participants from NCDS, PerkinElmer (USA), Hangzhou Chain Medical Labs, Inc. and Shanghai Biotecan Medical Diagnostics Co., Ltd. exchanged their views relative to the formation of a strategic alliance in studies on personalized medicine.