
Pharma AI Council Launches, Lundbeck's AI Partnership, and Olympus Unveils AI Endoscopy - Life AI Weekly #16
May 07, 2025 -
Life AI Weekly
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Welcome to this week's edition of Life AI Weekly, where we delve into the latest advancements in AI within the healthcare and life sciences sectors. This week, we're spotlighting significant collaborations and innovations that are shaping the future of these industries. The Pharma AI Council has been launched to promote the integration of AI in life sciences, aiming to enhance drug discovery and development processes. Meanwhile, Lundbeck is teaming up with a Danish AI centre to explore new AI-driven solutions in neuroscience.
In the realm of healthcare technology, MetroHealth has partnered with Pieces Technologies to implement an AI platform designed to improve patient care. Additionally, Olympus has unveiled its new AI endoscopy platform at DDW 2025, promising to revolutionize diagnostic procedures. These stories highlight the ongoing efforts to harness AI's potential to improve healthcare outcomes and streamline operations across the industry.
Business, Investments & Partnerships
Atlas Data Storage has raised $155 million in seed funding and acquired DNA data storage assets from Twist Bioscience. Supreme Group has appointed Dr. Ramon Felciano as an independent board member to guide its AI platform and data strategy in life sciences marketing. Dawn Health, a company in Copenhagen, has secured €11.5 million from existing investors to advance its digital health platform for pharmaceutical companies.
- Atlas Data Storage Secures $155M and Acquires DNA Storage Assets
- Supreme Group Appoints Dr. Ramon Felciano to Board
- Dawn Health Raises €11.5 Million for Digital Health Expansion
- Stately Bio Secures $12M for AI Live-Cell Imaging
- Persivia Receives $107 Million Investment and AI Patent
- ReportAId Secures €2.2 Million for AI Healthcare Platform
- Ketryx Launches AI Agents for Safety-Critical Development
Drug Discovery
The Pharma AI Council (PAC) has been launched in New York to foster innovation and responsible AI adoption in the life sciences industry. H. Lundbeck A/S partners with the Danish Centre for AI Innovation to use the Gefion AI supercomputer for advancing drug discovery in neurological and psychiatric disorders.
- Pharma AI Council Launches to Promote AI in Life Sciences
- Lundbeck Collaborates with Danish AI Centre for Drug Discovery
- Mana.bio Showcases AI in RNA Medicine at ASGCT 2025
Research & Data
FutureHouse, supported by Eric Schmidt, has unveiled Finch, an AI tool aimed at enhancing data-driven biology discovery by analyzing research papers and generating insights.
Biotech
California Polytechnic State University has partnered with the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and the Virginia Department of General Services to create an AI tool for standardizing genomic data submissions. Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation have developed CANYA, an AI tool to predict and explain protein clumping, aiding in the understanding of diseases like Alzheimer's.
- AWS and Cal Poly Develop AI Genomics Schema Harmonizer
- Researchers Develop AI Tool CANYA for Protein Clumping
- Uncharted Therapeutics Uses AI for Drug Discovery
- Nvidia Showcases AI in Biotech and Transportation
- HistoIndex Secures SGD9 Million Investment for AI Pathology Expansion
Healthcare Tech
MetroHealth partners with Pieces Technologies to enhance clinical workflows using AI. Spectrum Science launches Source, an AI platform for connecting health specialists. Accurx and Tandem Health roll out AI scribing tool across NHS GP practices.
- Spectrum Science Launches AI Platform for Health Talent
- AI Tools Tested in Family Medicine Studies
- Accurx and Tandem Health Launch AI Scribing Tool in NHS
- Healthee Partners with CompareMedsRx for Prescription Cost Transparency
- UnitedHealth Group Develops 1,000 AI Applications
- Andor Health Expands AI for Virtual Nursing at Sentara Health
- Avenda Health AI Outperforms MRI in Cancer Prediction
- AI Model Predicts LBBB Risk in TAVR Patients
- Healthcare Executives Report Positive ROI from GenAI
- Altamont Software Integrates AI Radiology Reporting
- China Opens First AI Hospital with 14 AI Doctors
- Remidio's AI Tools for Eye Diseases Approved by CDSCO
- AI Software Detects Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
- Pathway AI Scores 96% on USMLE
- Viz.ai Introduces 3D Imaging for Stroke Care
- XpertDox Partners with Urgent Care Pros for AI Medical Coding
- AI Tool Predicts Psychosis in Alzheimer's Patients
- Google's AMIE AI Excels in Medical Image Interpretation
- Spring Health Launches VERA-MH Benchmark for AI in Mental Health
- MetroHealth Partners with Pieces Technologies for AI Platform
- NewVue.ai and MD.ai Partner for Radiology Integration
- Olympus Unveils AI Endoscopy Platform at DDW 2025
- Plenful Secures $50M for AI Healthcare Platform
- ECOSEP and Tata Elxsi Partner to Enhance Sports Medicine with AI
- Wandercraft Starts Trials for AI-Powered Exoskeleton
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