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Protein folding helps some. Genomics help some. Computer models help with pharmacokinetics. But all these things help you get to the expensive part more easily
by csours 5y ago
Protein folding helps some. Genomics help some. Computer models help with pharmacokinetics.
But all these things help you get to the expensive part more easily: testing safety and efficacy.
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/big-problems https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/big-problems
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/ai-and-drug-discovery-attacking-right-problems https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/ai-and-drug-discov...
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/another-ai-generated-drug https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/another-ai-generat...
- ethbr0 5y agoOr to put it in other terms, "better" ways mean billions of dollars of avoided loss / additional profit to pharma companies doing drug development. Suffice to say, there are a lot of people always looking at this, and a lot of money being spent on it. It's just hard.