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AI in Pharma & Biotech: 10 real deployments

Named Pharma & Biotech organisations and what they run, grouped by business function.

10deployments
4in production or with results
1with a reported outcome
0halted or reversed
Sep 21, 2026last updated

R&D & discovery 8 deployments

Novo Nordisk

Using Anthropic's Claude models, starting with Claude Science on specific R&D workflows, to accelerate drug discovery and AI-driven software development across the company

Announced Sep 16, 2026 Claude Science Source: novonordisk.com
Anew Labs

Using AI to design small molecules targeting previously undruggable proteins for drug discovery

Reported: unveiled an AI-designed small molecule targeting the previously undruggable IL-17 protein

Results reported Sep 16, 2026 Source: reuters.com
Isomorphic Labs

using in-house locked-down AI models for preclinical drug discovery

In production Sep 15, 2026 Source: semafor.com
Anthropic

Anthropic is partnering with the Gates Foundation on vaccine development and crop-dataset work

Announced Sep 15, 2026 Source: abcnews.com
Eli Lilly

Eli Lilly runs AI-driven drug discovery at pharma scale on dedicated supercomputing infrastructure under Chief AI Officer Thomas Fuchs.

In production May 18, 2026 Drug discovery and science Source: YouTube
Amgen, Moderna, Allen Institute, Thermo Fisher

Amgen, Moderna, the Allen Institute, and Thermo Fisher received OpenAI's GPT-Rosalind vertical reasoning model as a research preview for drug discovery and genomics work.

Pilot Apr 16, 2026 GPT-Rosalind Drug discovery and science Source: OpenAI
Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk partnered with OpenAI to overhaul drug development, with pilots starting immediately in R&D, manufacturing, and commercial and full integration planned by year-end.

Operations 2 deployments

Fresenius Kabi

using Hang Ten Systems AI platform for enterprise modernization

In production Sep 16, 2026 Source: techcrunch.com
Merck

Merck committed up to $1B to Google Cloud for an enterprise AI backbone covering R&D, manufacturing, commercial, and corporate functions.

Every entry names the organisation and links its source. Outcome figures are quoted as reported, never estimated. Vendor announcements without a named customer are excluded. Halted and reversed deployments are kept on purpose.