ChatGPT Gaining Foothold in Drug Development, Clinical Trials

Gaurav Sharma says ChatGPT is already helping in the search for new medicines, cutting the time it takes to identify molecules for potential new drugs from a month down to a week.

“I’m using it on my research and, and it does wonders,” said Sharma, a researcher at biotech firm Atom Bioworks. “You can see my happy face because of ChatGPT.”

Sharma, who co-authored a preliminary scientific manuscript on ChatGPT in drug discovery and has been using the most well-known large language model program since it launched in November, is quick to note what it can do. And what it ...