BMS’ Boerner Bets On AI-Driven R&D In India, Points To Potential For MS, Lupus Drugs

Hyderabad Largest Ex-US Site By 2025

Bristol Myers Squibb CEO Christopher Boerner is looking to India to house the the company’s largest R&D site outside of the US, channeling the country's IT expertise to expand its AI-driven small-molecule research. He also wants to bring its drugs to treat multiple sclerosis and Lupus to India.

BM CEO Christopher Boerner at BioAsia
At BioAsia (L to R) - BMS CEO Christopher Boerner, Telangana Minister For Industries & Commerce Dudilla S Babu, Telangana Chief Minister Anumula R Reddy, Western Australia Minister of Health Amber-Jade Sanderson, Nobel Laureate Prof. Gregg Semenza • Source: BioAsia, Government of Telangana

Bristol Myers Squibb Company CEO Christopher Boerner certainly made the job for company recruiters in India easier when he spoke of plans to make its Hyderabad R&D centre the largest one outside of the US as early as next year and pointed to the country’s innovation potential in a powerful, spirited keynote address at a recent event in the country.

With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI)-led drug development, it’s felt that India could leapfrog a few stages to establish...

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