Synergizing Artificial Intelligence with Life Sciences

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Synergizing Artificial Intelligence with Life Sciences

A dynamic visionary and an exemplary leader from the life sciences industry, Vin Singh is a well-known name in the industry today. He has extensive experience in founding start-ups, as he has conceived and built several companies in the life science space including BullFrog, Next Healthcare Inc., and MaxCyte Inc. A strategic thinker, Vin Singh is the CEO and Chairman of BullFrog AI, a leading company with a proprietary Artificial Intelligence platform, aimed at improving biopharma drug development. Excerpts from an interview with him:

Conception of BullFrog AI Holdings

BullFrog is touted as a leading emerging global digital biotechnology company, founded with a mission of finding the missing links between patients and therapies. “We are honored and excited to be working with our biopharmaceutical clients and partners to help them de-risk their drug development programs and build tremendous value by rescuing and reviving programs that have the potential to impact millions of patients around the world.”

Observes Vin that after spending 20 years in the biotech and life sciences industry, he was frustrated with the high failure rates in late-stage clinical development. “I had spent a significant amount of my career in the cell and gene therapy world, where the clinical trial failure rates are much higher than other areas of biopharma. I knew the problem first-hand, and I decided I wanted to make a difference there. I was then able to find a powerful solution – an AI/ML platform developed at Johns Hopkins University. That’s how it all started…”

The AI platform – bfLEAP™

BullFrog’s proprietary bfLEAP™ platform has a uniquely powerful ability to predict targets of interest, patterns, relationships, and anomalies from large, highly complex data sets. “Using a multivariate analytical approach, we seek to profile the right patient for the right drug at the right dose. We can also apply our technology in the discovery and pre-clinical stages of drug development, to improve our partners’ likelihood of success in development and clinical trials.”

AI’s Impact on Life Sciences

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has impacted the broader life sciences sector in many ways over the last 5-10 years. For example, Precision Applications of AI in clinical radiology and pathology have proven the power of digital tools in improving disease diagnosis and patient care. Right now, there is a tremendous industry-wide push to utilize high-dimensional data analytics to improve the target discovery and drug development process. “Ultimately, these newer applications of AI will significantly improve patient outcomes and lower the costs of next generation therapies.”

The AI Journey

The entrepreneur recommends that biomedical organizations should look at AI as an incredibly valuable and powerful tool to augment our human capabilities – in most cases, it is not a replacement for humans. “Human + AI = faster, cheaper, and more precise drug development, with results you can trust…this paradigm is true for whatever your application of AI/ML might be.” It’s important to remember that at some point in its application, AI is only as good as the data it has access to. Vin recommends AI start-ups to be mindful of the Intellectual Property minefield that is quickly developing. “If you want to start an AI company, ensure you have a strong IP portfolio around your platform and the applications.”

Leadership Traits

“As an individual, I am a ‘big idea’ person and always explore the widest range of possibilities in work and life. My job as CEO is to focus on strategy, resources, and execution”. He attributes his leadership style as a perfect blend of visionary and result oriented. “I want my team to see the vision, the big picture, and the incredible potential and purpose behind what we are doing. At the same time, we need to bring tremendous value to our customers, and achieve our business goals. Execution is the key”.

An engineer, Vin is a natural problem solver. He also describes himself as incredibly determined and persistent. “I have enough scars at this point in my career from tremendous sacrifice and struggle, but usually that is the rite of passage for anyone wanting success as an entrepreneur.”

Words of Advice

The technology enthusiast attributes failure as part of the process. “If you set low bars and easy to achieve goals – you will probably never fail, but you will also never achieve anything impactful or truly disruptive. The best way to overcome failure is to rationalize it.”

Success Mantras

“When you are about to truly give up, something will break in your favor…. don’t give up…push through the pain.

Vin Singh, Founder

Company: BullFrog AI

Website: www.bullfrogai.com

Management:  Vin Singh, Founder & CEO

Founded Year: 2017

Headquarters: Gaithersburg, MD

Description: BullFrog AI is a digital biotechnology company focused on improving the success rates of drug development using its proprietary AI platform.

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