Deep Genomics reveals its program: The first AI-discovered drug candidate

Drug discovery needed to change. The low-hanging fruit had been harvested, but the biopharma industry, in the words of Deep Genomics CEO Brendan Frey, is still shoving the tree until an apple falls. "Making drugs has traditionally been a gambling game. Big Pharma is throwing a stick into the tree and seeing what happens," Frey told FierceBiotech. "It's like the Big Pharma companies come into a casino, put a million-dollar coin into a slot machine and with some probability like 10% or something, they get a win."