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Quest To Use AI In Drug Discovery Joins Sanofi and Exscientia

 
• By Sten Stovall

Sanofi hopes to use Exscientia's artificial intelligence (AI) platform to develop bispecific-small-molecule drugs for diabetes and associated metabolic conditions.

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Sanofi Is Reaching Out To AI Specialist Exscientia

The latest foray into use of AI in drug discovery has been agreed between Sanofi and Exscientia, under which the privately-owned Scottish group will use its technology platform to seek out and validate combinations of drug targets for use by the French group to develop novel medicines.

Exscientia's platform will applied to its bispecific-small-molecule design strategy, by which a small molecule is designed to be compatible with...

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