Insilico Medicine

Insilico Medicine is a drug discovery, artificial intelligence company that looks to treat cancer and age related diseases. The company was founded by Alex Zhavoronkov in 2014, in Rockville, Maryland, United States.



The company looks to extend deep learning and artificial intelligence solutions for drug and aging research. The company provides 3D molecular representations based on the wave transform for Convolution Neural Networks Molecular pharmaceutics. Insilico Medicine's drug discovery engine utilizes millions of samples and multiple data types to discover signatures of disease and to identify targets for molecules that exist or can be generated.



The company looks to launch research and development centers and research results in Taiwan. Their team consists of scientists that operate in the United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Belgium, South Korea, Taiwan, Africa, and Russia.



COVID-19



In response to the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), the company has offered support to discover drugs. They have been working on research with six molecules to combat the virus. Insilico Medicine is using their AI-based drug discovery pipeline to identify drug molecules that could target 3C-like protease. 3C-like protease is a SARS-CoV-2 protein that is a target for potential drugs because it has a central role in the viral replication cycle. A portion will be tested by Insilico Medicine and the remainder of the potentially useful structures will be published on the company website and available to the public (https://insilico.com/ncov-sprint/).