Stanford researchers will discuss their agentic 'scientists' that are on course to reshape drug discovery at VB Transform 2026

Drug discovery is notoriously inefficient. Pharmaceutical projects span years, moving from one specialized human team to the next through disconnected workflows that result in knowledge loss during ea [...]

Upwork study shows AI agents excel with human partners but fail independently

Artificial intelligence agents powered by the world's most advanced language models routinely fail to complete even straightforward professional tasks on their own, according to groundbreaking re [...]

8 key drug patents expiring soon — and what it means for the market

Nothing drives down a drug’s price like competition. According the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a drug’s wholesale price drops by an average of 39% after just one generic competitor en [...]

Pfizer, drug companies make 'no commitments' to White House about lowering drug prices

Cheaper pharmaceuticals won’t be on shelves any time soon, says the CEO of Pfizer. That’s despite an executive order signed last month declaring a war on drug prices, which at one point President [...]

Will AI revolutionise drug development? Researchers say it depends on how it’s used

The potential of using artificial intelligence in drug discovery and development has sparked both excitement and skepticism among scientists, investors and the general public. “Artificial intelligen [...]

Google's AI drug discovery spinoff Isomorphic Labs claims major leap beyond AlphaFold 3

Isomorphic Labs, Google DeepMind's AI medicine startup, has unveiled a new system called "Isomorphic Labs Drug Design Engine" (IsoDDE) that it says doubles AlphaFold 3's accuracy f [...]

EAGLET boosts AI agent performance on longer-horizon tasks by generating custom plans

2025 was supposed to be the year of "AI agents," according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and other AI industry personnel. And it has been, in many ways, with numerous leading AI model provider [...]

Anthropic brings Mythos to the masses with Claude Fable 5, its most powerful generally available model ever

Anthropic today launched two new AI models — Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 — marking the company’s first broad release of the powerful “Mythos-class” AI capabilities it previously kept [...]

Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1 billion to scale AI drug discovery toward clinical trials

Isomorphic Labs, the AI drug research company led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis, has closed a $2.1 billion Series B round led by Thrive Capital. The funding will go toward expanding its in-hou [...]