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AWS Launches Amazon Bio Discovery to Speed Early Drug Discovery

The no-code service gives non-coders access to benchmarked biological models with built-in lab testing on a cloud used by 19 of the 20 largest drugmakers.

Overview

  • AWS introduced the platform Tuesday at its Life Sciences Symposium in New York with early users including Bayer, the Broad Institute, and Voyager Therapeutics.
  • The app lets researchers run no‑code workflows on a library of biological foundation models, large AI systems trained on biological data, guided by an AI agent.
  • Shortlisted molecules flow to integrated partners such as Twist Bioscience and Ginkgo Bioworks for synthesis and tests, and results feed back to guide the next design round.
  • In a project with Memorial Sloan Kettering, the system generated about 300,000 antibody designs and sent 100,000 to Twist for testing, shrinking months of work to weeks.
  • A free trial offers five experimental units, and AWS is also unveiling with BCG and Merck an AI tool to improve clinical trial site selection.