Generate Biomedicines Picks First Targets To Test Its AI-Based Drug Discovery Revolution

Mutation-Resistant COVID-19 Therapy Is First Candidate

Built with an audacious goal to use AI to unlock the secrets of protein structure and function, Generate Biomedicines believes it is now on the cusp of a drug discovery revolution.

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Generate Biomedicines was founded by Flagship Pioneering in 2018. • Source: Flagship Pioneering

On a mission to revolutionize drug discovery by generating novel biologic drugs based on new understanding of proteins, Generate Biomedicines has unveiled its first targets for its AI-based platform, and a mutation-resistant anti-COVID antibody is already in its crosshairs.

The Cambridge, MA-based company was set up in 2018 by venture capital firm Flagship Pioneering to tap into new...

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