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How using AI in clinical trials accelerates drug development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Drug development is already a difficult endeavor, with the vast majority of R&D efforts failing to produce a market-worthy product. Even reaching the clinical trial phase offers no guarantees, as only 12% of such drugs receive U.S. While this process is essential, it’s also slow, expensive and unpredictable.

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University of Sydney will use AI to boost cancer drug research

Pharmaceutical Technology

The university and Pharos have drawn up a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to use AI technology to identify potential compounds for the rapid development of treatments. The MoU allows Pharos to collaborate with the university’s researchers and gives access to its advanced drug discovery infrastructure.

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Crowdsourced science refines AI prediction of clinical trial outcomes

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In 2019, a team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US came up with just such a model, and found that it was able to perform “better than random” at predicting the outcome of a clinical trial or development programme.

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Is a lack of real-time data holding trials back?

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As the amount and types of data expand exponentially, this problem only intensifies. Yet, ironically, that very growth in data sources may be one reason solutions have been slow to take hold. Clearing redundant data then becomes difficult, and programming complex edit checks becomes impossible.

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Data integrity considerations in Pharma and Life Sciences

European Pharmaceutical Review

Data integrity is the term used to describe the accuracy, consistency and reliability of data throughout its lifecycle. In the pharmaceutical/life sciences industries, maintaining data integrity is crucial given its role in making critical decisions that shape outcomes from drug development to human health.

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How blockchain can revolutionise medical records and save lives

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Many practitioners have expressed the feeling that EHRs cause far too much of their time ultimately being spent on data entry. This comes from a variety of issues linked to these systems, but there is a big one of note. Finally, there is now a compelling reason for blockchain’s implementation in life sciences, here’s why.

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How a new investment is powering a revolution in clinical trial operations

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Iddo Peleg (CEO, and one of the four co-founders of YonaLink) and Gav Martell (co-founder and vice president of business development) discussed how a recent $6 million funding round led by Debiopharm Innovation Fund will support their mission to transform clinical trials and bring lifesaving therapies to market faster.