Isomorphic Labs President Predicts All Future Drugs Will Be AI-Designed
Isomorphic Labs President Max Jaderberg predicted that all future drugs will eventually be designed by artificial intelligence. Speaking at the Bloomberg Technology Summit, he emphasized that the company is actively working to accelerate this transition through its preclinical drug discovery pipelines. This prediction highlights the ambitious vision of leading AI biotech firms to fundamentally reshape pharmaceutical research, which has traditionally relied on slow and costly trial-and-error methods. Backed by massive funding and high valuations, companies like Isomorphic Labs are steering the industry toward fully computational drug discovery. Isomorphic Labs, a spin-off from Google DeepMind led by Demis Hassabis, develops proprietary AI models targeting diseases such as cancer, immune system disorders, and inflammation. The company has raised approximately $2.7 billion and is reportedly in talks for a new funding round that could value it at $40 billion or higher.
## BACKGROUND
Isomorphic Labs is an artificial intelligence drug discovery company founded in London in 2021 by Alphabet, building upon the structural biology breakthroughs of AlphaFold. Preclinical trials refer to the stage of research that occurs before clinical trials in humans, involving laboratory and animal testing to evaluate safety and efficacy.