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Artificial intelligence crowdsources data to speed up drug discovery

The system would help pharmaceutical companies share info while keeping it secret

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DRUG DATA  A new computing system lets pharmaceutical companies pool data to train AI programs for discovering new medications — without having to share confidential information with competitors.

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By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

A new cryptographic system could allow pharmaceutical companies and academic labs to work together to develop new medications more quickly — without revealing any confidential data to their competitors.