Pharma R&D Today
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Machine Learning Is Accelerating the Pace of Drug Development, But Good Data is Key
Posted on April 19th, 2019 by Frederik van den Broek in Pharma R&D
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning are on the tip of everyone’s tongues when it comes to acceleration of the pace of discovery The Pharma R&D market is a perfect exemplification of this phenomenon. Medical advancements enabled by such technologies have proven to significantly accelerate discovery processes, saving valuable time and money required for the development of life changing solutions. That being said, there is the reality that human beings with a passion and talent for feeding such mechanisms still and likely always will provide invaluable inputs. In short, we are not to be replaced by these advancements; rather the changes are indicative of a new era of advancement defined by “partnerships” between humans and machines.
(more…)When research gives you lemons – turning R&D failures into opportunities and success
Posted on February 19th, 2019 by Veaceslav Mamaliga in Pharma R&D
As highlighted in my colleague, Nicki Catchpole’s last post on accidental drug discovery, 90 Years of Penicillin, the landscape of R&D is littered with ‘failures’ that turned out to be vital innovations. Pharmaceutical R&D is no exception.
(more…)Machine Learning Could Make Drug Discovery Faster, Cheaper, Better
Posted on November 6th, 2018 by Jabe Wilson in Pharma R&D
The stats on the increasingly high cost (and low success rates) in drug discovery are always jarring. As Phee Waterfield of Binary District Journal reports:
- Bringing a new drug to market is estimated to cost major pharma firms more than $4 billion
- The process can take 10-15 years
- Fewer than 10% actually make it to market
Embracing the new in cheminformatics
Posted on August 17th, 2018 by Prima Sung in Chemistry
Two centuries of innovation in chemistry research methods
The true mark of an innovation is its impact on our behavior. All the great innovations of history, big and small, have changed how people have approached tasks in their personal and professional lives. As we celebrate 30 years of the chemistry research solution Reaxys, (more…)
