Artificial Intelligence (AI) has recently started to gear-up its application in various sectors of the society with the pharmaceutical industry as a front-runner beneficiary. This review highlights the impactful use of AI in diverse areas of the pharmaceutical sectors viz., drug discovery and development, drug repurposing, improving pharmaceutical productivity, clinical trials, etc. to name a few, thus reducing the human workload as well as achieving targets in a short period. Crosstalk on the tools and techniques utilized in enforcing AI, ongoing challenges, and ways to overcome them, along with the future of AI in the pharmaceutical industry, is also discussed.

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药物发现和开发中的人工智能

人工智能（AI）最近开始加速在社会各个领域的应用，其中制药行业是领跑者。这篇综述强调了人工智能在制药行业各个领域的有效应用，例如药物发现和开发、药物再利用、提高制药生产力、临床试验等，从而减少人力工作量并实现目标在短时间内。还讨论了用于实施人工智能的工具和技术、持续存在的挑战、克服这些挑战的方法，以及人工智能在制药行业的未来。