HHS Bets on AI to Rethink How Clinical Trials Run

HHS is launching a five-year program called SURPASS to test ways of speeding up clinical trials with artificial intelligence and computational models. The initiative aims to rethink trial design, including moving away from sharply separated phases; officials have not announced that the traditional phased system is ending.

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The pitch is bigger than a faster study: HHS says redesigned trials could cut the time and money needed to develop new drugs and help the United...