Three months ago, CCADD was awarded an intramural grant to present an AI forum to develop new research ideas, hopefully leading to an extramural grant application, for the efficient use of AI technologies for new drug development. Concluding this interdisciplinary endeavor, Prof. Howard Lee talked at the X+AI Workshop 2020 on August 24, along with 10 other PI's. The AI  forum Prof. Lee has led consisted of an interdisciplinary team of seven professors at SNU, and they have met weekly or biweekly a total of 8 times, all virtual due to the Corona pandemic, which is utterly unheard of. 

At the Workshop, Prof. Lee summarized what objectives the team has accomplished in various research areas in drug development where AI technologies can be adopted. Furthermore, Prof. Lee emphasized what hurdles needed to be overcome if more AI technologies could be employed to make the current drug developments practices faster, less costly, and more efficient. Prof. Lee's talk was well received, and he was approached by several PIs in other fields after the Workshop, who would like to extend their research network. 

CCADD is currently working on an extramural grant application based on the insights gained at the forum. In addition, Prof. Lee's presentation can be watched at YouTube below. 

Kim SH, Kim SU, Lee H. A critical review of the United States regulatory pathways for determining the equivalence of efficacy between CT-P13 and original infliximab (Remicade ®). Drug Des Devel Ther. 2020. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S254776 

The book The Age of Biopharmaceuticals, written by Prof. Howard Lee and Siun Kim, Ph.D. a student of CCADD, was selected in the liberal arts section of the Sejong Cultural Book Program this year. The Sejong Cultural Book Program is organized by the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea. This program aims to promote domestic publishing activities and to build a knowledge-based society by selecting outstanding books among those published throughout the year. The book worth 8 million Korean-won will be distributed to public libraries across the country. In 2020, 550 books were selected from a total of 7,184 candidates. The book The Age of Biopharmaceuticals is Coming was selected as an excellent book in the field of technology science. 

Besides, thanks to the interest of many readers, the book went into the second printing. An article reporting the publication appeared in the June issue of Newsletter, GSCST SNU.