Abu Dhabi’s innovation centres partner to boost AI discovery

ABU DHABI: In a major step toward realising Abu Dhabi's vision for a thriving life sciences landscape, The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and the Department of Health - Abu Dhabi (DOH) have partnered with Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), M42 and Hub71 under the emirate's newly launched Health, Endurance, Longevity, and Medicine (HELM) cluster to power the next wave of Al-driven breakthroughs in medicine.

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Led by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Department (ADDED), ADIO and DoH, the HELM cluster is set to accelerate the research, development, manufacturing and commercialisation of groundbreaking medicines, biotechnologies and therapies, with a focus on Al-powered innovation, precision medicine and personalised treatments.

Announced during Abu Dhabi Global Health Week (ADGHW), this partnership will advance the cluster's efforts to develop an Al-powered discovery ecosystem that aims to accelerate the development of new medicines.

The initiative provides support to develop scalable infrastructure for managing and analysing complex healthcare data, including clinical, genomic and proteomic datasets, leveraging Abu Dhabi-based companies' expertise in healthcare services and data management.

Partners will also work together to fast-track intellectual property (IP) development while supporting the commercialisation of breakthrough healthcare solutions in the emirate. Companies seeking to co-develop AI-powered discovery solutions will benefit from ADIO's competitive business support to establish operations within Abu Dhabi's HELM cluster and scale globally.