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Eight Recent Deals Tapping AI/ML For R&D

 
• By Joseph Haas

Big pharmas, biotechs and the US government look to partner with artificial intelligence and machine learning firms for discovery efforts across therapeutic areas and modalities.

The sector has posted a busy pace of AI/ML dealmaking recently • Source: Shutterstock

As the improvements made possible with artificial intelligence and machine learning for biopharmaceutical research and development become clear, deal making in the space has skyrocketed. S&P Global projects that business development around AI/ML will total $22bn by 2027. But the group also warns that big pharma is making the lion’s share of these investments, and could be building significant competitive advantages. These recent deals highlight the range of deal activity going on in the AI/ML field.

On 26 September, the US Health and Human Services Administration unveiled the Transforming Antibiotic R&D with Generative AI to stop Emerging Threats (TARGET) project. To be led by HHS’s Advanced...

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