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LG Chem

Watson literature searches for drug targets

LG Chem used Watson to search more than 25 million publications and rank drug targets within minutes

WorkingCompany's own claim

Problem

Researchers previously investigated drug targets manually.

Approach

LG Chem began using IBM Watson in 2017. It searched literature and returned ranked target candidates.

Results

2500만건 이상publications searchable within minutes, per LG ChemCompany's own claim[1]

Takeaway

Ranked targets still required research validation.

Categories

Business function
IT and R&D
Innovation type
Process innovation
Evidence
Company's own claim

Sources

Source summaries

[1]Financial News21 Mar 2023

Newsis described Watson-assisted drug-target searches. Researchers obtained ranked candidates within minutes.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026
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