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Health · 16 April 2026

Amazon launches Bio Discovery. An AI tool designed to slash drug development timelines

Amazon launches Bio Discovery. An AI tool designed to slash drug development timelines

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Amazon Web Services launched Amazon Bio Discovery, giving scientists access to over 40 biological foundation models plus an AI agent that helps design experiments and interpret results. A Memorial Sloan Kettering project generated 100,000 antibody candidates for wet-lab testing in weeks rather than a year. Bayer, the Broad Institute and Voyager Therapeutics are already using the platform. It launched this week.

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