Apr 12, 2026
Generative AI processed complex medical datasets faster than traditional teams in a preterm birth study, while the healthcare market for the technology reached US$2.92 billion in 2024. The market is projected to grow to US$30.68 billion by 2033 as adoption expands in clinical workflows, imaging, drug discovery and precision medicine.
Feb 24, 2026
AI systems are evolving into essential research collaborators in 2026, while quantum computing emerges as a transformative technology with potential to create $200-500 billion in value for life sciences by 2035.
Feb 21, 2026
Eighty-six countries including the US and China signed a declaration calling for secure and trustworthy AI at the five-day AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, though the statement included no concrete regulatory commitments and drew criticism for being too generic.
Feb 16, 2026
The drug development services market is projected to reach $31.5 billion in 2026, growing at 12.2% CAGR, while AI-designed drugs enter pivotal Phase III trials that will determine whether the technology can improve clinical success rates beyond the industry's persistent 90% failure rate.
Feb 14, 2026
Pharmaceutical companies are deploying AI and machine learning across clinical trial execution, regulatory submissions, and drug discovery to address rising costs and lengthy timelines in drug development.
Feb 13, 2026
Singapore unveiled a $37 billion Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 plan, marking a 32% increase over the previous budget. Quantum technology was identified as a strategic pillar, with the country set to host Quantinuum's most powerful quantum computer outside the U.S.
Feb 13, 2026
Isomorphic Labs introduced IsoDDE, a drug discovery engine that outperforms AlphaFold 3 by a factor of two in prediction accuracy. Google also updated Gemini 3 Deep Think, which now outperforms competing models in complex scientific tasks.