People talk as if AI will suddenly make drug discovery cheap and easy. Why is that view incomplete?
Replied byDave Ricks
Chair & CEO at Eli Lilly and Company
Niche: Pharmaceuticals, AI, Health & Wellness
Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: USA
Started: 2015 or
AI can find targets, propose molecules, and flag some toxicity earlier. It makes the front end faster. But you still have to test drugs in real people across many countries over long periods. Most cost and time sits in rigorous clinical trials, so AI improves odds but does not erase the need for careful testing.
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