How AI simplifies data management for drug discovery

Calithera is running registered clinical trials on its products to study their safety, whether they're effective in patients with specific gene mutations, and how well they work in combination with other therapies. The company must collect detailed data on hundreds of patients. While some of its trials are in early stages and involve only a small number of patients, others span more than 100 research centers across the globe. "In the life-sciences world, one of the biggest challenges we have is the enormous amount of data we generate, more than any other business," says Behrooz Najafi, Calithera's lead information technology strategist. Calithera must store and manage the data while making sure it's readily available when needed, even years from now.