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Text Mining And Machine Reading: The Answer To Pharma's R&D Data Mountain?

 
• By Lubna Ahmed

How to make the most of the wealth of raw data in pharmaceutical R&D is an increasing challenge for the industry. The digital revolution is already having an impact in areas like clinical trials, and pharma is also starting to embrace new technologies in drug discovery.

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Could machine reading help to quench pharma's drug discovery thirst? • Source: Shutterstock

Technology is expected to revolutionize parts of the life science industry, and slowly but surely pharma is embracing digital features in different aspects of its operating models – with clinical trials and disease management being the most popular starting points. But can technology prevent drug developers' early-stage pipelines from drying out?

As industry's "big data" buzz has intensified over the last few years, programs for "data mining," "machine reading," and "machine

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