Trend · rank 125 of 250

AI drug development

Machine learning applied to target discovery, molecule design and clinical trials is shortening pharmaceutical development, favouring nations that combine health data, compute and the laboratory capacity to validate predictions.

Production & InnovationPeople, health & workaibiotechhealth systems

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
125of 250
Sensitivity
9.2rank 128
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
31.2rank 143
Eigenvector
0.3
Betweenness
20.3
Links
8trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
20.4

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
129
Over a year
+29%Rising
Over three years
+37%
Peak
2416 Oct 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.20
Coverage
8languages · 56 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (8 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English73%89−5%
German5%112−3%
Russian5%110−13%
Chinese5%141+61%
Japanese4%93+8%
Spanish4%84−19%
French3%99+4%
Arabic2%70−14%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

China

South Korea

Singapore

United Kingdom

United States

Switzerland

Netherlands

Taiwan

Canada

Israel

Denmark

India

100

48

36

19

19

17

16

14

13

13

12

12

The 12 highest of 56 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English99−13%−3%+11%
EuropeGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in German, French140+4%+49%+104%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country112−5%+13%+155%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese120−11%+34%+75%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country105−8%+4%+9%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Arabic70+1%−14%−47%
Latin America and CaribbeanWikipedia in Spanish84−10%−19%+12%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian110−4%−13%+60%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle112−49%+42%+154%
CanadaGoogle100−24%+6%+2%
ChinaGoogle112−5%+13%+155%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French111−32%+32%+83%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German139+13%+30%+106%
IndiaGoogle105−8%+4%+9%
IndonesiaGoogle148+5%+79%+117%
ItalyGoogle161+2%+81%+252%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese101−9%+13%+19%
South KoreaGoogle115−21%−2%+77%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian110−4%−13%+60%
United KingdomGoogle165+72%+83%+96%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English100−12%−4%+18%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
2 · LowAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
2 · LowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighAI-accelerated sciencePeople, health & work203
3 · ModerateResearch & development intensityPeople, health & work18
3 · ModerateRegional medicines manufacturingPeople, health & work52
3 · ModerateAntimicrobial resistancePeople, health & work104
3 · ModerateAdaptable vaccine platformsPeople, health & work106
3 · ModerateBiomarker-guided precision medicinePeople, health & work219
3 · ModerateGene editing & cell therapiesPeople, health & work222
3 · ModerateMedical devices & neurotechnologyPeople, health & work230