New AI sandbox will help make medicines safer, speed up development, and reduce reliance on animal testing.

If you are involved in using AI/ML in drug discovery then this initiative could well be of interest.

The UK will launch a first-of-its-kind initiative to test how artificial intelligence (AI) can help make medicines safer for patients – as announced by the Science Minister Lord Vallance during London Tech Week today (9 June 2026). 

The programme will explore how AI can improve the assessment of accuracy and safety, better predict risks, and detect effects that existing approaches may not capture.  

More details are here https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-launches-ai-sandbox-to-accelerate-medicines-development-and-improve-safety