A new center for personalized medicine in Estonia will see PacBio’s long-read whole genome sequencing technology used to unlock new information about how genetics impact patients’ drug responses, experts from the project tell the Pink Sheet.

Machines are now generating molecules that “no human would have imagined,” heard delegates at the BioAsia 2024 summit in Hyderabad, as big pharma and tech leaders discussed the many ways in which AI is causing fundamental shift in R&D approaches.

More than 75 industry executives and experts gazed into the crystal ball and shared with Scrip their predictions around transformative technologies. Perhaps unsurprisingly, AI was the dominant theme – but gene editing, cell therapies and new targeting modalities were also among the highlights.

Plus deals involving Biocytogen, Neurocrine and Ona, Aeterna Zentaris/Ceapro, Teva/Biolojic Design, Pathos AI/Rain Oncology, Inhibitor Therapeutics/Johns Hopkins and more.