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VeriSIM Expects AI Use To Trim Margin For Failure In OTC Switches, Help Boost Revenue Margins

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

“It's a very expensive process for an OTC drug because you don't make significantly high margins compared to a blockbuster cancer drug. For pharma companies utilizing our platform, you can reduce that efficiency challenge and increase the probability of success,” says VeriSIM CEO Jo Varshney.

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Expectations for artificial intelligence’s use in pharma research typically skew heavily on ingredients which would be Rx-only, but firms looking at making additional drugs available OTC could have as much or more to gain.

Jo Varshney, founder and CEO of AI startup VeriSIM Life Inc., recently told HBW Insight that firms moving ingredients from...

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