{"id":294789,"date":"2026-01-20T23:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/294789\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T23:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:23:06","slug":"google-backed-isomorphic-labs-delays-clinical-trial-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/294789\/","title":{"rendered":"Google-backed Isomorphic Labs delays clinical trial timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan 20 (Reuters) – Isomorphic Labs, which uses artificial intelligence for drug discovery, expects to have its first clinical trials by the end of 2026, founder and CEO Demis Hassabis said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The comments, made at an event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, signal a delay in the Google-backed (GOOGL.O), opens new tab<\/a> startup’s ambitions.<\/p>\n

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Hassabis had said last year the company would have AI-designed drugs in clinical trials by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

Companies have been increasingly touting the real-world applications of AI, where the technology can be used to speed up research and development and shorten drug discovery timelines in the healthcare sector.<\/p>\n

Isomorphic was founded in 2021 as a spin-off from Alphabet’s AI research subsidiary, Google DeepMind, which is headed by Hassabis.<\/p>\n

One of DeepMind and Hassabis’ most celebrated breakthroughs was AlphaFold, an AI program that can predict protein structures.<\/p>\n

Isomorphic last year raised $600 million<\/a> in its first-ever external funding round led by Thrive Capital.<\/p>\n

Reporting by Jeffrey Dastin and Deborah Sophia; Editing by Shreya Biswas<\/p>\n

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