Bayer Switches Focus Of Recursion AI Pact To Oncology

After streamlining its R&D strategy in the summer, Bayer’s rewritten pact with Recursion Pharmaceuticals looks like a vote of confidence in its AI-enabled drug discovery platform.

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• Source: Bayer

Bayer has switched the focus of its AI-based research partnership with Recursion Pharmaceuticals from fibrosis to oncology, as part of a wider R&D re-think.

New CEO Bill Anderson has a huge task in deciding the future of the German conglomerate, and may well spin-off...

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