AZ Inks Machine Learning Deal With BenevolentAI

The company's biopharma R&D chief tells Scrip about trying to unlock the potential of the the vast amount of data produced to improve the understanding of complex disease biology and identify new targets to treat debilitating diseases.

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AstraZeneca PLC has advanced its efforts in the machine learning and artificial intelligence space by linking up with the UK's BenevolentAI in a pact it hopes will lead to new drugs for chronic kidney disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

In an interview with Scrip, Mene Pangalos, head of R&D biopharmaceuticals at AstraZeneca, said that as part of an initiative for future growth known as AZ2025, the company has been...

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