AI solving coronavirus drug issues

Stefan Mileschin · 12th August 2020, 05:30

Finding needles in haystacks

Researchers have come up with a new way to design synthetic routes to drugs now being tested in some COVID-19 clinical trials, using artificial intelligence (AI) software.

The AI-planned new recipes -- for 11 medicines so far -- could help manufacturers produce medications whose syntheses are tightly held trade secrets. And because the new methods use cheap, readily available starting materials, licensed drug suppliers could quickly ramp up production of any promising therapies.

Danielle Schultz, a chemist at Merck said "If you are going to supply a drug to the world, your starting materials have to be cheap and as available as sugar. This new method, posted as a preprint this week, is really solid. I am impressed by the speed at which [the researchers] were able to find new solutions for making existing drugs."

https://fudzilla.com/news/ai/51325-a...us-drug-issues

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Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	AI solving coronavirus drug issues Finding needles in haystacks Researchers have come up with a new way to design synthetic routes to drugs now being tested in some COVID-19 clinical trials, using artificial intelligence (AI) software. The AI-planned new recipes -- for 11 medicines so far -- could help manufacturers produce medications whose syntheses are tightly held trade secrets. And because the new methods use cheap, readily available starting materials, licensed drug suppliers could quickly ramp up production of any promising therapies. Danielle Schultz, a chemist at Merck said "If you are going to supply a drug to the world, your starting materials have to be cheap and as available as sugar. This new method, posted as a preprint this week, is really solid. I am impressed by the speed at which [the researchers] were able to find new solutions for making existing drugs." https://fudzilla.com/news/ai/51325-a...us-drug-issues

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