Why mAbs And Why Now? With Absci's Sean McClain

Recorded on 06/03/25TD Cowen's Machine Medicine: AI & Health Care podcast series takes on the cross-sector revolution in artificial intelligence and breaks it down one piece at a time. We highlight some of the biggest misconceptions about how AI is and can be used in different health care settings and aim to contextualize the latest and most impactful developments in a field defined by rapid innovation.In this episode, TD Cowen's Health Care Analyst Brendan Smith hosts Sean McClain, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Absci, to dive deeper into the world of monoclonal antibodies and how Absci's gen AI-powered drug design engine tackles the challenge of creating better drugs against harder-to-treat targets. We discuss the history of developing biologics, where this technology could take us over the very near term, and why this modality is the perfect target for the integration and revolution of AI. https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.