AI could help keep medications safe, says Xavier Health director

Some pharmaceutical companies are considering the use of artificial intelligence to identify possible flaws in drugs, reports WVXU.

AI can evaluate connections from data that may appear irrelevant to a person, which could help pharmaceutical companies avoid distributing contaminated products, Marla Phillips, director of Cincinnati-based Xavier Health, told WVXU.

Ms. Phillips cited a 2008 incident in which 81 people died after being injected with contaminated heparin, an anticoagulant. Using computer systems to evaluate data sources could have predicted a problem with the drug before it was used, she added.

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