Merck’s India head for process solutions and Aragen Bioscience’s CEO talk about an incubator set-up and AI-led drug discovery to enable India’s research ecosystem, US tariffs on China, ADC and GLP-1 development, funding path for Goldman Sachs-investee Aragen and more in this video interview
Merck KGaA’s artificial intelligence software for drug discovery is finding its way to Indian start-ups with the company’s process solutions vertical extending a helping hand.
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