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Success stories of AI in drug discovery - where do things stand?

Mak, Kit-Kay, Balijepalli, Madhu Katyayani, Pichika, Mallikarjuna Rao·2022·Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Artificial intelligence (AI) in drug discovery and development (DDD) has gained more traction in the past few years. Many scientific reviews have already been made available in this area. Thus, in this review, the authors have focused on the success stories of AI-driven drug candidates and the scientometric analysis of the literature in this field. AREA COVERED: The authors explore the literature to compile the success stories of AI-driven drug candidates that are currently being assessed in clinical trials or have investigational new drug (IND) status. The authors also provide the reader with their expert perspectives for future developments and their opinions on the field. EXPERT OPINION: Partnerships between AI companies and the pharma industry are booming. The early signs of the impact of AI on DDD are encouraging, and the pharma industry is hoping for breakthroughs. AI can be a promising technology to unveil the greatest successes, but it has yet to be proven as AI is still at the embryonic stage.

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  • The last decade has witnessed significant computational advances in disease diagnosis, with ten or more publications describing the use of AI in dermatology, tuberculosis, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer.

    “The last decade has witnessed significant computational advances in disease diagnosis, with ten or more publications describing the use of AI in dermatology, tuberculosis, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer, reviewed elsewhere (32).”

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Authors
Mak, K.-K., Balijepalli, M. K., & Pichika, M. R.
Affiliations
  • IMU University (MY)
  • Mahsa University (MY)
Corresponding author
Pichika, Mallikarjuna Rao
Venue
Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery
Published
2021-10-13
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
79-92
ISSN
  • 1746-0441 (ISSN-L)
  • 1746-045X
OpenAlex
W3201302032
Cited by
51
References
109
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 1
FWCI
4.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence Applications
Keywords
artificial intelligence, drug discovery, clinical trials, investigational new drugs, scientometrics, drug development
MeSH terms
Drug Development, Artificial Intelligence, Humans, Drug Discovery

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