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814 Google DeepMind's Spinoff Company 'Very Close' to Human Trials for Its AI-Designed Drugs

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 07/07/2025 00:36 EDT

Google DeepMind's Spinoff Company 'Very Close' to Human Trials for Its AI-Designed Drugs

Google DeepMind's chief business officer says Alphabet's drug-discovery company Isomorphic Labs "is preparing to launch human trials of AI-designed drugs," according to a report in Fortune, "pairing cutting-edge AI with pharma veterans to design medicines faster, cheaper, and more accurately."


"There are people sitting in our office in King's Cross, London, working, and collaborating with AI to design drugs for cancer," said Colin Murdoch [DeepMind's chief business officer and president of Isomorphic Labs

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