Adapting drug discovery to Artificial Intelligence

Posted: 25 July 2018 Ami S Lakdawala (GSK's In-silico drug discovery unit), George Okafo (GSK's In-silico drug discovery unit), John Baldoni (GSK's In-silico drug discovery unit), Michael Palovich (GSK's In-silico drug discovery unit), Tobias Sikosek (GSK's In-silico drug discovery unit), Voshal Sahni (GSK's In-silico drug discovery unit) No comments yet Drug discovery has always been challenging; today, more so than ever. While there has been success in addressing many diseases, others remain intractable. There is a need and opportunity to explore new drug discovery approaches that harness immense datasets (public and private), which have been built upon the successes and failures of the past to guide in-silico approaches to new therapies. Advances in genetics and molecular biology have revealed potential new targets for developing medicines. Deciding which target to pursue is challenging and an area in which there is opportunity to increase productivity.