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February 17, 2020

“Bigger than DNA” — how AI is transforming the pharma industry

Artificial intelligence can get new drugs to clinical trials 5x faster and could bring down industry costs by 30%.


Artificial intelligence hit a big milestone in January — the first drug designed entirely using artificial intelligence entered human clinical trials. The compound, created by Oxford-based biotech company Exscientia, is aimed at treating obsessive-compulsive disorder and reached this stage in less than a year — five times faster than it usually takes to get a drug to this stage.

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Exscientia founder Andrew Hopkins
Exscientia founder Andrew Hopkins says artificial intelligence could bring down the cost of drug discovery by 30%.
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