The chapter explores how AI and cloud computing have revolutionized drug discovery, focusing on companies like Recursion, Accenture, and Benevolent AI accelerating the development of successful candidates for clinical trials. It delves into the interaction between big pharma and AI-based biotechs, discussing licensing AI techniques to speed up drug development processes. The use of generative AI in predicting compound binding, protein folding, and medical image analysis is highlighted, along with the challenges of obtaining high-quality data and the importance of human involvement in fine-tuning AI models.
The growing use of large datasets and ML in the life sciences has created new demand for data technologies. Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing company that provides a platform for storing and analyzing large volumes of data.
Sean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from information visualization to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is Head of Marketing and Developer Relations at Skyflow and host of the podcast Partially Redacted, a podcast about privacy and security engineering. You can connect with Sean on Twitter @seanfalconer .
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