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The AI Structural Biology (AISB) Network, powered by Apheris GmbH, has expanded its Federated OpenFold3 Initiative with the addition of Astex Pharmaceuticals, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Takeda. The new partners join founding members AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson to fine-tune OpenFold3 on proprietary structural datasets.

Read the article: https://discover-pharma.com/aisb-network-expands-federated-openfold3-initiative-with-three-new-pharma-contributors/
Five pharma companies fine-tuned OpenFold3 Preview 2 across 20,167 private structures, none of which left their environments. On 1,056 held-out structures, high-quality interface predictions rose from 35.6% to 52.1% and correct ligand poses from 28.9% to 46.8%, ahead of every public model. A first for federated drug discovery.

GEN published a thoughtful coverage of last month's Bio-IT World plenary keynote where JT from Apheris presented a session on federated learning and fine-tuning for drug discovery.

ADMET liabilities drive 40–45% of clinical attrition, and models break on novel chemistry which is precisely where chemists need them most. Pre-competitive federated networks address this through complementary data collaboration. A walk through the evidence behind the Apheris ADMET Network.
NEWSLETTER
A quaterly briefing on operationalizing and customizing co-folding, ADMET and antibody developability models. Written by Robin Röhm, co-founder and CEO at Apheris.

Robin Röhm
Co-Founder & CEO
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