Professor James McKerrow (Dean, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of California at San Diego, U.S.A.) visited School of Pharmacy, Fudan University on March 18, 2017. He was warmly greeted by Dr. Ming-Wei Wang (Dean) and his associates. During the visit, Dr. McKerrow delivered a lecture entitled “Meeting the challenge of developing drugs for neglected tropical diseases” at Jinghui Hall which was enthusiastically received by the audience. Thereafter, he had a roundtable discussion with faculty and student representatives, as well as Professor Zhiping Li from the Children’s Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, followed by a business lunch. Professor Ross Bathgate from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and Dr. Denise Wootten from Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) also made a brief stop at Fudan School of Pharmacy after attending the 2017 Queenstown Molecular Biology Meetings in Shanghai.