Eversana partners with AWS to accelerate generative AI in pharma

Life sciences commercial services company Eversana is one of the latest to throw its hat into the generative AI ring. Tapping a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Everasana is focusing on developing generative AI technologies in the pharmaceutical industry.

Also this month, the startup Synthetica Bio announced it would use generative AI to boost drug discovery innovation while Nvidia announced it would invest $50 million in the biotech Recursion to support its AI drug discovery efforts. Earlier this year, Nvidia debuted a cloud service for generative AI in drug discovery known as BioNemo.

Eversana’s approach to generative AI in pharma

Eversana aims to ‘pharmatise’ AI. The company’s chief digital officer Scott Snyder explains: “When we talk about pharmatising, it’s overlaying all of the unique needs, requirements, and goals of pharma, but layering it on to the innovation capability of generative AI.”…

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  • July 28, 2023
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Rethinking treatment options for patients diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder

The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to a significant increase in the rates of Americans living with mental illness.1 Meanwhile, medication shortages and a chronic scarcity of mental health professionals added pressure to an already stressed system.2 In this context, pharma companies play a vital role in developing novel therapies for mental health conditions, which can help alleviate the burden on healthcare providers and improve patient outcomes. As a clinical nurse practitioner who treats patients with a variety of mental health conditions, including bipolar 1 disorder, I believe innovative mental health strategies and treatment options, such as Lybalvi for bipolar 1 disorder, need to be considered across the healthcare spectrum.

Bipolar 1 treatment challenges

It is common for patients living with bipolar 1 disorder to be misdiagnosed with, and receive treatment for, major depressive disorder. Furthermore, up to one-third of patients can remain misdiagnosed for te…

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  • June 5, 2023
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