CHICAGO – Add IBM to the growing list of companies developing new information technology to expedite research into the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in hopes of finding treatments for COVID-19.
IBM Research said that it has been "actively developing" new cloud and artificial intelligence-based technologies to help researchers accelerate drug discovery and treatment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In collaboration with IBM Watson Health, the company has announced the free availability of a series of informatics tools in pursuit of answers.