The increasing presence of data-driven solutions in the healthcare and life sciences sector is apparent from the rise in numbers of patents and patent applications. The number of published bioinformatics patents and patent applications in the last decade has nearly doubled. Bioinformatics …›
Nina Schäfer and Jin Ito contributed to this article.
On November 25, 2020, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its “Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe” which outlines the Commission’s multi-year vision for a more patient-centered pharmaceutical system. The strategy aims to achieve various goals through …›
By: Michael R. Ward, James J. Mullen III, Bethany J. Hills, Matthew Karlyn, Janet Xiao, Matthew A. Chivvis, Jie Zhou, Anna Yuan, and Jillian A. Pesin-Fulop
More than 120 life sciences graduate students, post-docs and industry professionals attended the first class of a six part Patent Law Course offered by Morrison & Foerster and the GSAS Harvard Biotech Club on September 16, 2020.
The Harvard Biotech Club is a student organization …›
Between 2013 and 2016, the number of Artificial Intelligence (AI) related patent applications in the life sciences and medical sciences grew by about 40%*, and, with continuing advances in technology, has likely increased substantially since 2016. Although this finding may not come as a …›
Are companies keeping up with technological advances, and what are they doing specifically to contribute to society and provide value? What are the future prospects, and what kind of opportunities are being created for progress, including in the digital and scientific arenas?
As Japanese companies …›
Bethany Hills authored an article for PHARMAnetwork, covering how the pharmaceutical industry has been adopting artificial intelligence and machine learning. Bethany discusses that the pharmaceutical sector has been one of the more robust areas where private partnerships with artificial intelligence-based technology companies have developed. …›
In the life sciences, artificial intelligence (AI) may be facilitating a sea change in how diseases are diagnosed, prognosed, and treated, and even how therapies are discovered and produced. Indeed, it is possible for AI to provide insights into disease and treatment that could …›
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) rapidly becoming significant players in multiple areas of science and technology, it came as no surprise to witness a full house for Athena’s program “Taking Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) from Concept to Application,” …›
Artificial intelligence and life sciences – the combination of the two is creating a new wave of innovation. With AI, we now have the power to analyze massive amounts of data for drug discovery, medical diagnosis, biotechnology, clinical trials, personalized medicine, electronic health records, …›
Artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses technologies that have become increasingly relevant — and strategically important — to companies of all sizes across a wide range of fields. For example, AI technologies such as computer vision are critical to the operation of autonomous vehicles and pick-and-place …›
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