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EU Regulatory Assessors Get AI Boost In Reaching Scientific Decisions

 
• By Vibha Sharma

The European Medicines Agency is training scientific staff working for the European medicines regulatory network in how to use a new AI-powered search engine that allows them to easily retrieve information on regulatory precedents.

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Scientific Explorer Can Help EU Regulators Find Relevant Information Easier And Faster • Source: Shutterstock

The European Medicines Agency has rolled out an artificial intelligence-enabled knowledge mining solution that will allow regulatory assessors in the EU to more easily find the information they need to help inform their scientific decisions.

The tool, called Scientific Explorer, is a type of search engine that European medicines regulatory network (EMRN) scientific staff can use to efficiently carry out focused and precise searches in the vast

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