Artificial Intelligence in Drug Development and Healthcare—Nature and Scope

Technology continues to impact human life; from small inventions like needles to as big as space shuttles. As rightly pointed out by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus, ‘change is the only constant in life.’ Technology has shaped and reshaped human life and lifestyles in many ways. The twenty-first century is categorised as the information age with growth of several technologies. The diffusion of several technologies has led to economic and social changes across the globe. Of particular relevance is the convergence of technologies that has led to important developments in science and engineering. The emergence of digital technologies has enabled several advances in terms of processing vast amount of data, improving performance and considerable gains in speed, size and cost. Newer developments in computational methods have led to their utilisation in all spheres of human activity.