Anthropic is launching its own drug development program for neglected diseases that the pharmaceutical industry considers unprofitable. Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan thinks AI could cut development time from twelve years to seven or eight and double the success rate from 8 to 16 percent.

The AI drug boom has a long way to go before reaching patients.

Anthropic is launching its own drug development program for neglected diseases that the pharmaceutical industry considers unprofitable. Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan thinks AI could…