
News|Videos|September 18, 2026
Introducing the "PharmTech AI Pulse Check" Expert Video Series
PharmTech AI Pulse Check debuts: pharma experts tackle GxP 'slop,' multi-agent validation risk, OCR document mining, personalized mRNA cancer therapy.
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In the debut episode of PharmTech's new biweekly video series, “PharmTech AI Pulse Check,” host Chris Cole, associate editorial director, PharmTech, sits down with three expert co-hosts—Richard Jaenisch, Open Biopharma Research and Training Institute, Florin Muraru, independent regulatory affairs advisor, and Gourav Pandey, R&D quality lead, Takeda—to unpack the AI developments and questions that matter most to people building, manufacturing, and delivering therapies for patients.
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