{"id":47603,"date":"2026-07-01T05:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/47603\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T05:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:44:25","slug":"anthropic-ai-powerhouse-announces-it-will-begin-developing-drugs-of-its-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/47603\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic, AI powerhouse, announces it will begin developing drugs of its own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-bio\">Brittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? Who benefits, or might be harmed? She writes the weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/signup\/ai-prognosis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI Prognosis newsletter<\/a>. Follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@drbrittanytrang\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsie.social\/@brittanytrang\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mastodon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/brittanytrang.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>. You can reach Brittany on Signal at btrang.01.<\/p>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 AI giant Anthropic has already become a dominant player in technology and a household name for everyday users of artificial intelligence. Can it make drugs too?<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the company announced it is going to try. Though it\u2019s unclear whether Anthropic intends to bring drug candidates to commercialization, multiple executives emphasized how important it is for Anthropic to get hands-on experience trying to use its own products to solve real scientific problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eric Kauderer-Abrams, the company\u2019s head of life sciences, said Anthropic has been asking itself what it should be doing besides training models and building products. During an event here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/06\/30\/anthropic-release-claude-science-ceo-dario-amodei\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launch the company\u2019s newest application, Claude Science<\/a>, he said Anthropic had come up with one answer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/stat-plus-breaker-bg.png\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stat-plus-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-logo-white.svg\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThis article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tUnlock this article \u2014 plus daily coverage and analysis of the biotech sector \u2014 by subscribing to STAT+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper-cta mobile\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tIndividual plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button view-all\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker view all plans\" aria-label=\"View All Plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View All Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button restricted-button\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker subscribe cta 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? 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