RE: A.I stocks19 Jan 2025 20:23
Bbc article 10th Jan , 6 part series on A.I..the bit pertinent to PYC etc
Using AI to do drug discovery could make an "enormous difference" for patients, says Chris Meier, of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Bringing a new drug to market takes on average 10 to 15 years, and costs more than $2bn (£1.6bn).
It's also risky: about 90% of drugs, external that go into clinical trials fail. The hope is that using AI for the drug discovery part of that process could cut the time and cost, and result in more success.
A new era, where AI is at the centre of the drug discovery process is emerging, says Charlotte Deane, a professor of structural bioinformatics at Oxford University, who develops freely available AI tools to help pharmaceutical companies and others improve their drug discovery.
"We are at the beginning of just how good that might be," she says.