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Batch Record
The weekly production record for AI in pharma. What shipped, what failed spec, and what it means.
Mark Rhys Thomas · Weekly, every Monday
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- No. 1026 October 2026Process
OpenAI Did Not Buy a Molecule. It Bought the Place Where the Programme Is Run.
- No. 0919 October 2026Compute
The AI Business Case Has a Cost Line. McKinsey Just Showed It Moves.
- No. 0812 October 2026Process
Pharma Commercial Does Not Have an AI Problem. It Has a Decision Problem.
- No. 075 October 2026Process
Cool Does Not Scale: Novartis Says What Every Pharma Steering Committee Needs To Hear
- No. 0628 September 2026Data
Pharma Put Its AI Money Where the Data Was, Not Where the Trials Fail
- No. 0521 September 2026Process
Pharma Does Not Get the Oversight Discount
- No. 0414 September 2026Process
The Supplier Wrote the Rule
- No. 037 September 2026Compute
The Frontier Grew a Border
- No. 0231 August 2026Compute
AI stopped being a capital project
- No. 0125 August 2026Process
The Pilot Trap now has a number