Navigating The Legal Risks Of Using AI To Optimize The Pharma Supply Chain

AI has the potential to save vast amounts of time and money by optimizing pharma supply chain processes, but companies must think about legal risk and liability from all angles, Ewan Townsend, partner at law firm Arnold & Porter, tells the Pink Sheet.

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From forecasting the demand for goods to analyzing the efficiency of manufacturing processes, AI has the potential to fine-tune the pharmaceutical supply chain and improve the yield of drugs produced from raw materials.

Although supply chain uses for AI are “less glamorous” than other applications in the pharma space, such as in drug...

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