Timothy Smith on AI, Data, and Drug Discovery at Takeda

About this episode

Timothy Smith discusses the impact of AI on drug discovery and the challenges faced in the pharmaceutical industry.

In this episode of Pharma Sessions, host Jonathan Kaskey is joined by Timothy Smith, Senior Director of AI Innovation and Head of the Data Sciences Communities at Takeda, to explore how AI is transforming drug discovery and development, why trust and governance are still major hurdles, and why the biggest bottleneck in pharma innovation might not be technology but people. Pharma Sessions provides general insights into the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry through conversations with it...

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Kaskey

Guest: Timothy Smith

Topics covered

• AI in drug discovery
• pharmaceutical innovation
• data science
• trust and governance
• bottlenecks in pharma

Keywords

• AI
• drug discovery
• pharmaceutical industry
• innovation
• data sciences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Takeda

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