How do you begin the discovery phase of drug development? The first stages are target identification and validation. This involves selecting a target, such as a protein, receptor, or enzyme, and ...

Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage biotechnology company powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI), today announced advancements to its unified AI framework for drug target discovery, ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 22, 2026 — Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”, 3696.HK), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven biotechnology company, recently published a comprehensive ...

• Establishing pharmacologically relevant exposure levels and engagement are two key steps in target validation. • There is a need for better biomarkers to objectively measure biological states and ...

This figure illustrates three key applications of AI in antimicrobial drug development: (1) target identification and validation, including novel target discovery, affinity prediction, multi-target ...

Zhongyao Ma, PhD, holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a PhD in genetics and developmental biology from the University of Georgia, U.S. His research focused on ...

Hit identification and hit validation represent distinct but connected stages of early drug discovery. This article examines ...