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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.

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