After ChatGPT debuted in late 2022 and GPT-4 hit the scene in March of the following year, many executives at pharma companies sat up and took note, interested in new tech that could accelerate the stubbornly slow drug development process. Translating that vision into reality, however, is not straightforward and a significant number of pharma…
Quantum-inspired power could brighten drug discovery
In the realm of drug discovery, the Harvard-educated chemist Nick Paras, Ph.D. compares the early stages of identifying new compounds to a game of Zelda, in which a player at times must navigate through dark rooms and solve puzzles to progress. Similarly, medicinal chemists and biochemists too must traverse the vast, often obscure landscape of…