Machine learning in the pharmaceutical industry In Verba

Machine learning – the technology which allows machines to learn from data and self-improve – has significant potential for advancing a range of industries, as we've previously discussed in relation to manufacturing and the professions. On 8 September, the Royal Society held a workshop on the use of machine learning in the UK pharmaceutical sector. We explored what machine learning could do, and barriers to its use, with global pharmaceutical companies, sector associations, regulators, start-ups and SMEs. This blog post gives a few highlights from the discussion. Its ability to spot patterns in large volumes of data gives machine learning a range of applications in the pharmaceutical sector.