AI and generative AI ruled much of the discussion at HLTH Europe 2024. A panel of health care leaders from Microsoft, Philips, insitro and Johnson & Johnson discussed how these new technologies are already transforming health care and pointed to risks and challenges.

In an interview with Medtech Insight sister publication the Pink Sheet, Troy Tazbaz, director of the US FDA's Digital Health Center of Excellence, says the agency lacks authority to regulate assurance labs, which would be used to help AI developers ensure their models are working correctly before submitting them for approval.

In an interview with the Pink Sheet, Troy Tazbaz, director of the US FDA's Digital Health Center of Excellence, says the agency lacks authority to regulate assurance labs, which would be used to help AI developers ensure their models are working correctly before submitting them for approval.

Machines are now generating molecules that “no human would have imagined,” heard delegates at the BioAsia 2024 summit in Hyderabad, as big pharma and tech leaders discussed the many ways in which AI is causing fundamental shift in R&D approaches.