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Watson Health And Pfizer Partner To Harness Big Data For Drug Discovery

 
• By Jessica Merrill

The advanced data analytics provider IBM Watson Health has signed its first big pharma partner – Pfizer – for a new drug discovery tool, with a focus on immuno-oncology.

The advanced data analytics provider IBM Watson Health has signed its first big pharma partner, Pfizer Inc., for a new computational tool called Watson for Drug Discovery. Pfizer will use Watson’s new cloud-based data analytics tool to discover new drugs faster in the area of immuno-oncology, with a focus on discovery of new and unexplored drug targets, potential combination therapies and patient selection strategies.

The companies announced the collaboration Dec. 1 at the Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York City.

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