The importance of AI-enabled drug research to develop effective therapies - MedCity News

Many of us interact with artificial intelligence (AI) in our everyday lives, from online searches and receiving personalized shopping recommendations to booking travel, making reservations and asking questions of digital assistants in our homes. The use of AI has been growing significantly because of its ability to carry out complex tasks rapidly and solve problems without human intervention. AI's ability to quickly scan and synthesize huge volumes of information is also being adopted for numerous healthcare initiatives, including use in pharmaceutical drug discovery and development. The traditional process of drug discovery and development of just one new drug can take more than a decade and cost billions of dollars. Most drug candidates eventually fail to show effectiveness in clinical trials and large pharmaceutical companies often abandon investments in early development of drug candidates even before the clinical trial stage because of cost.