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Politics · 13 May 2026

UK Government Bets on AI to Speed Drug Discovery

UK Government Bets on AI to Speed Drug Discovery

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Developing new medicines could become much quicker, bringing hope to people with serious diseases. The UK Government’s Sovereign AI Fund invested in Isomorphic Labs, a British company using AI for drug design, on Tuesday 12 May. This London-headquartered firm, founded by Nobel Prize-winner Sir Demis Hassabis, aims to scale up its work.

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