Amgen Joins AI/ML Gold Rush With Generate Deal

Deal Snapshot: At a same-day conference, Amgen’s CEO outlined the importance of AI/ML to the company’s drug development strategy, as numerous large biopharma companies have recently made similar deals.

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Amgen and Generate announced a deal worth potentially $1.9bn focused on AI/ML in drug development • Source: Shutterstock

Who: Amgen, Inc.; Generate Biomedicines

What: Amgen and Flagship Pioneering-backed Generate announced a deal 6 January across different disease areas and modalities, using Generate’s artificial...

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