Artificial intelligence

Drug discovery can be an uphill battle, especially lately given recent upheaval at the FDA and muted investment activity. BioSpace spoke to four industry executives about key issues facing those working in this space, starting with planning around uncertainty.
As AI reshapes deeply specialized scientific work, R&D professionals must learn to navigate the shift to a skills-centered market. The key is knowing which skills to develop and how to leverage AI as scientific modalities evolve, technologies advance and regulatory complexity increases.
The recent uptick in IPOs is an encouraging signal after a drought for much of 2025. Experts point to AI as a driving force behind this resurgence.
The Insilico Medicine agreement plays into Eli Lilly’s recent AI push, anchored by a partnership last year with NVIDIA to build a supercomputer to optimize drug discovery and shorten the development timeline.
Earendil Labs’ AI-centered platform has produced more than 40 programs, including anti-inflammatory assets that have attracted a pair of partnership agreements with Sanofi.
In this episode of Denatured, you’ll listen to Viswa Colluru, CEO and founder of Enveda and Akshay Rai, principal, Healthcare & Biotech Investments at Premji Invest. We speak about how AI platforms must now prove themselves through proprietary data, focused pipelines and clinical readouts in competitive diseases to garner investor interest.
Every biopharma R&D and investment decision could be guided by connected intelligence. Join us to hear firsthand how agentic workflows and enterprise-scale data are helping drug developers move faster from molecule to market with greater confidence.
This webinar introduces the DIA Artificial Intelligence Consortium, a neutral, public‑private partnership that convenes regulators, biopharmaceutical companies, academia, and technology providers, including FDA, Health Canada, MHRA, PMDA, IQVIA, Gilead, Otsuka, BeOne Medicines, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center–Yale School of Medicine, and others.
In a highly competitive space, AI platforms must now prove themselves through proprietary data, focused pipelines and clinical readouts in competitive diseases. Promises of faster, cheaper drug discovery are not enough to entice strong investor engagement.
Breakout Ventures’ focus on early-stage companies stands out as more and more investors elect to save their dollars for derisked assets.
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