What will it take to integrate quantum computing into drug discovery? Quantum computing could help tackle some of drug discovery’s most difficult calculations. But better hardware, hybrid workflows, and closer collaboration with pharma will be needed to turn that potential into practical applications. Written byBree Foster, PhD

What will it take to integrate quantum computing into drug discovery? Quantum computing could help tackle some of drug discovery’s most difficult calculations. But better hardware, hybrid workflows, and closer collaboration with pharma will be needed to turn that potential into practical applications. Written byBree Foster, PhD https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/what-will-it-take-to-integrate-quantum-computing-into-drug-discovery-17643 Quantum computing is often discussed alongside AI as another technology that could accelerate drug discovery. But while AI uses patterns in data to generate predictions and hypotheses, quantum computing takes a fundamentally different approach to processing information. While classical computing relies on conventional bits, which represent information as either a zero or a one, quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exist in multiple states at once. This makes them potentially well suited to simulating the behavior of electrons and their interactions – processes that underpin chemical reactions and molecular properties but can be challenging to capture using classical computational methods.