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Pharma & Biotech

AI Generation of drug molecules with desired properties

Multi-stage pipeline of deep neural networks that transforms discrete molecular structures into a continuous latent space

100%

In-silico property analysis

96.4%

Chemical validity

80%

Reduction in early-stage screening time

Case Studies

The system allows on-demand generation and evaluation of drug candidates — entirely in silico.

Biotech

Industry

AI Software Development, Generative deep learning, Computational drug discovery

Services

Challenge

The client needed an AI solution to automatically generate chemically valid drug candidates that match specified physicochemical and biological property criteria.

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Outcomes We Deliver

Solution

We developed a multi-stage pipeline of deep neural networks that transforms discrete molecular structures into a continuous latent space.

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Dalriada
Tech Stack

To multi-stage pipeline of several deep neural networks, Blackthorn AI applied:

Python
PyTorch
RDKit
Pandas
Roadmap

Project duration

01 Month

Literature Review & PoC

Evaluated scientific literature and prototyped initial model structure

02-03 Month

Core AI Development

Built and trained multiple neural networks for molecule generation & control

04 Month

Reporting Pipeline

Created a human-readable reporting tool for molecular outputs

05 Month

Deployment & Production Integration

Packaged and delivered the full pipeline for operational use

Team Size

6 core specialists
1 x AI Solutions Architect
2 x Deep Learning Engineers
1 x Computational Chemist
1 x Data Engineer
1 x Technical PM

Delivering Impact

96.4%

Chemical validity

Across generated SMILES (validated via RDKit)

>10,000

Unique drug-like molecules

Generated per run (~60 seconds on GPU)

80%

Reduction

In early-stage screening time vs traditional structure-based generation

100%

In-silico prediction

Of physicochemical and bioactivity markers (QED, TPSA, logS, etc.)

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