After years of talk about the potential of artificial intelligence to revolutionize biopharma, the sector is starting to demonstrate some early real-world impact.
Sanofi: AI Is Helping Us Make Big Calls On Drug Development
Hoping to become a leader in AI-assisted decision-making in biopharma, Sanofi has lifted the lid on some early progress in using the technology to make crucial portfolio investments.

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Stock prices plummeted, particularly for vaccine makers and cell and gene therapy developers, after the US FDA’s top biologics overseer resigned over vaccine misinformation concerns.
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