Case Study
Merck: Revolutionizing R&D for Safe, Effective Medicines
Merck: Revolutionizing R&D for Safe, Effective Medicines Modern computing has revolutionized the pharmaceutical industry, making it easier than ever before to discover new medicines that are both safe and effective. The Merck Molecular Activity Challenge offered $40,000 for Kaggle’s data science community to outperform medicine discovery techniques (called QSAR models) used by pharmaceutical companies. Participants were given 15 data se