Case Study: Merck cuts chemical identification from 6 months to 6 hours with NetGuru’s AI R&D Assistant

Merck cuts chemical identification from 6 months to 6 hours with NetGuru

Merck, a leading science and technology company, faced a significant challenge in its research and development process. The manual task of having domain experts identify key chemical compounds from scientific literature was extremely time-consuming. To solve this, they partnered with NetGuru to implement an AI R&D Assistant with the goal of drastically accelerating this workflow.

NetGuru developed a proof-of-concept AI tool that could analyze scientific PDFs, extract chemical compounds, and retrieve their properties from large databases. The solution also checked these compounds against Merck's own catalog. This AI R&D Assistant built by NetGuru successfully reduced the chemical identification process from six months to just six hours, providing a massive efficiency gain for Merck's research teams.

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