BSR | The Use of AI in Healthcare 4 In research and drug development, AI systems are being used for: • Data generation and analysis: AI systems can be used to generate high-quality data for biomedical research and drug development. They are also able to effectively analyze large datasets to enable improved understanding of diseases and human physiology and accelerate the discovery of effective treatments. • Drug discovery: AI technologies are being used to accelerate drug discovery and support therapies development for various diseases and health conditions. AI can enable the identi昀椀cation of molecules that may contribute to disease progression, as well as compounds that may effectively target diseases, and the generation of new drug candidates. • Clinical trial design: AI systems can be used to optimize the operational design of clinical trials, including trial design and participant recruitment and monitoring. They also may be used to determine which countries or clinical centers are most suitable for a speci昀椀c clinical trial and how resources should be allocated among different ongoing clinical trials, as well as for the rapid identi昀椀cation and recruitment of participants.