PharmaceuticalsAI slashes time and cost of drug discovery and development
Technology identifies COVID-19 drug candidate in several days
Artificial intelligence is helping to speed up the development of new drugs, sometimes identifying promising drug candidates in just a few days -- something that normally takes months or years.
KOTARO FUKUOKA, TAKURO KUSASHIO and YAOYU ZHANG, Nikkei staff writers
TOKYO -- Artificial intelligence is transforming the landscape of drug discovery and development. The technology is helping to slash the time and money needed to develop new drugs for COVID-19 and other serious diseases by quickly identifying promising drug candidates.