{"id":145001,"date":"2026-01-27T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145001"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:00:10","slug":"china-could-approve-first-fully-ai-designed-drug-next-year-merck-executive-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145001","title":{"rendered":"China could approve first fully AI-designed drug next year, Merck executive says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostMainland China could become one of the first markets in the world to approve a drug fully designed by artificial intelligence, as advances in AI and human genetics combine to create a \u201cseismic shift\u201d in drug development, according to executives of pharmaceutical giants.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will see in 2026 that we move from AI-assisted discovery to fully AI-designed compounds, perhaps entering the pipeline,\u201d said Marc Horn, president of Merck China, at the Asian Financial Forum on Tuesday in Hong Kong. \u201cWe&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3341432\/china-could-approve-first-fully-ai-designed-drug-next-year-merck-executive-says?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostMainland China could become one of the first markets in the world to approve a drug fully designed by artificial intelligence, as advances in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145001"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}