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AI Initiatives in Big Pharma @Grok prompt & Proprietary Training Data and Inference by LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class X: +300 Audio Podcasts Library: Interviews with Scientific Leaders

AI Initiatives in Big Pharma @Grok prompt & Proprietary Training Data and Inference by LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class X: +300 Audio Podcasts Library: Interviews with Scientific Leaders

Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

We had researched the topic of AI Initiatives in Big Pharma in the following article:

  • Authentic Relevance of LPBI Group’s Portfolio of IP as Proprietary Training Data Corpus for AI Initiatives at Big Pharma

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2025/11/15/authentic-relevance-of-lpbi-groups-portfolio-of-ip-as-proprietary-training-data-corpus-for-ai-initiatives-at-big-pharma/

 

We are publishing a Series of Five articles that demonstrate the Authentic Relevance of Five of the Ten Digital IP Asset Classes in LPBI Group’s Portfolio of IP for AI Initiatives at Big Pharma.

  • For the Ten IP Asset Classes in LPBI Group’s Portfolio, See

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/portfolio-of-ip-assets/

The following Five Digital IP Asset classes are positioned as Proprietary Training Data and Inference for Foundation Models in Health care.
This Corpus comprises of Live Repository of Domain Knowledge Expert-Written Clinical Interpretations of Scientific Findings codified in the following five Digital IP ASSETS CLASSES:
 IP Asset Class I: Journal: PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com
6,250 scientific articles (70% curations, creative expert opinions.  30% scientific reports).
2.4MM Views, equivalent of $50MM if downloading an article is paid market rate of $30.

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/vision/pharmaceuticalintelligence-com-journal-projecting-the-annual-rate-of-article-views/

 

 

• IP Asset Class II: 48 e-Books: English Edition & Spanish Edition.
152,000 pages downloaded under pay-per-view. The largest number of downloads for one e-Publisher (LPBI)
• IP Asset Class III: 100 e-Proceedings and 50 Tweet Collections of Top Biotech and Medical Global Conferences, 2013-2025

• IP Asset Class V: 7,500 Biological Images in our Digital Art Media Gallery, as prior art. The Media Gallery resides in WordPress.com Cloud of LPBI Group’s Web site

• IP Asset Class X: +300 Audio Podcasts: Interviews with Scientific Leaders
BECAUSE THE ABOVE ASSETS ARE DIGITAL ASSETS they are ready for use as Proprietary TRAINING DATA and INFERENCE for AI Foundation Models in HealthCare.
Expert‑curated healthcare corpus mapped to a living ontology, already packaged for immediate model ingestion and suitable for safe pre-training, evals, fine‑tuning and inference. If healthcare domain data is on your roadmap, this is a rare, defensible asset.
The article TITLE of each of the five Digital IP Asset Classes matched to AI Initiatives in Big Pharma, an article per IP Asset Class are:
  • AI Initiatives in Big Pharma @Grok prompt & Proprietary Training Data and Inference by LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class I: PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com Journal, 2.5MM Views, 6,250 Scientific articles and Live Ontology

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2025/11/22/ai-initiatives-in-big-pharma-grog-prompt-proprietary-data-training-and-inference-by-lpbi-groups-ip-asset-class-i-pharmaceuticalintelligence-com-journal-2-5mm-views-6250-scientific-article/

 

  • AI Initiatives in Big Pharma @Grok prompt & Proprietary Training Data and Inference by LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class II: 48 e-Books: English Edition & Spanish Edition. 152,000 pages downloaded under pay-per-view

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2025/11/22/ai-initiatives-in-big-pharma-grog-prompt-proprietary-training-data-and-inference-by-lpbi-groups-ip-asset-class-ii-48-e-books-english-edition-spanish-edition-152000/

 

  • AI Initiatives in Big Pharma @Grok prompt & Proprietary Training Data and Inference by LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class III: 100 e-Proceedings and 50 Tweet Collections of Top Biotech and Medical Global Conferences, 2013-2025

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2025/11/22/ai-initiatives-in-big-pharma-grog-prompt-proprietary-training-data-and-inference-by-lpbi-groups-ip-asset-class-iii-100-e-proceedings-and-50-tweet-collections-of-top-biotech/

 

  • AI Initiatives in Big Pharma @Grok prompt & Proprietary Training Data and Inference by LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class V: 7,500 Biological Images in LPBI Group’s Digital Art Media Gallery, as prior art

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2025/11/22/ai-initiatives-in-big-pharma-grog-prompt-proprietary-training-data-and-inference-by-lpbi-groups-ip-asset-class-v-7500-biological-images-in-lpbi-groups-digital-art/

 

  • AI Initiatives in Big Pharma @Grok prompt & Proprietary Training Data and Inference by LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class X: +300 Audio Podcasts Library: Interviews with Scientific Leaders

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2025/11/22/ai-initiatives-in-big-pharma-grog-prompt-proprietary-training-data-and-inference-by-lpbi-groups-ip-asset-class-x-300-audio-podcasts-library-interviews-with-scientific-leaders/

Conclusions by @Grok
Conclusions and Implications
LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class X: A Library of Podcasts are a “live repository” primed for Big Pharma AI, fueling from R&D reviews to global equity. Technical Implications: Enables auditory-multimodal models for diagnostics/education. Business Implications: Accelerates $500M ROI; licensing for partnerships. Unique Insight: As unscripted leader interviews, they provide a “verbal moat” in AI—completing series’ holistic pharma data ecosystem.Promotional with links to podcast library/IP portfolio. Synthesizes series by emphasizing auditory human-AI synergy.

In the series of five articles, as above, we are presenting the key AI Initiatives in Big Pharma as it was created by our prompt to @Grok on 11/18/2025:

  • What are PFIZER’s AI INITIATIVES?

@Grok Response:

x.com/i/grok/share/0ol5VOJsEYs11baXq4xkzNb0h

Generative AI tools that save scientists up to 16,000 hours annually in literature searches and data analysis.
Drug Discovery and Development Acceleration Pfizer uses AI, supercomputing, and ML to streamline R&D timelines
Clinical Trials and Regulatory Efficiency AI:

-Predictive Regulatory Tools

-Decentralize Trials

-inventory management

Disease Detection and Diagnostics:

–       ATTR-CM Initiative

–       Rare diseases

Generative AI and Operational Tools:

–       Charlie Platform

–       Scientific Data Cloud AWS powered ML on centralized data

–       Amazon’s SageMaker /Bedrock for Manufacturing efficiency

–       Global Health Grants:

Pfizer Foundation’s AI Learning Lab for equitable access to care and tools for community care

Partnerships and Education

–       Collaborations: IMI Big Picture for 3M – sample disease database

–       AI in Pharma AIPM Symposium: Drug discovery and Precision Medicine

–       Webinars of AI for biomedical data integration

–       Webinar on AI in Manufacturing

Strategic Focus:

–       $500M R&D reinvestment by 2026 targets AI for Productivity

–       Part of $7.7B cost savings

–       Ethical AI, diverse DBs

–       Global biotech advances: China’s AI in CRISPR

 

  • AI Initiatives in Big Pharma @Grok prompt & Proprietary Training Data and Inference by LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class X: +300 Audio Podcasts Library: Interviews with Scientific Leaders

The Left Column was written @Grok

The Right Column was written by Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

 

AI Initiative at Big Pharma

i.e., Pfizer

Library of Audio and Video Podcasts

N = +300

Generative AI tools that save scientists up to 16,000 hours annually in literature searches and data analysis.
Drug Discovery and Development Acceleration Pfizer uses AI, supercomputing, and ML to streamline R&D timelines Review ALL SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS
Clinical Trials and Regulatory Efficiency AI:

-Predictive Regulatory Tools

-Decentralize Trials

-inventory management

Disease Detection and Diagnostics:

–       ATTR-CM Initiative

–       Rare diseases

Generative AI and Operational Tools:

–       Charlie Platform

–       Scientific Data Cloud AWS powered ML on centralized data

–       Amazon’s SageMaker/Bedrock for Manufacturing efficiency

–       Global Health Grants:

Pfizer Foundation’s AI Learning Lab for equitable  access to care and tools for community care

Ingest to Charlie Platform all +300 Podcasts
Partnerships and Education

–       Collaborations: IMI Big Picture for 3M – sample disease database

–       AI in Pharma AIPM Symposium: Drug discovery and Precision Medicine

–       Webinars of AI for biomedical data integration

–       Webinard on Ai in Manufacturing

Use Podcast for Education

Use Podcast as Hybrid: Start presentation with a Podcast continue with a life interview

Strategic Focus:

–       $500M R&D reinvestment by 2026 targets AI for Productivity

–       Part of $7.7B cost savings

–       Ethical AI, diverse DBs

–       Global biotech advances: China’s AI in CRISPR

 

CONCLUSIONS: The Voice of Dr. Stephen J. Williams PhD

PENDING

Article Summary by @Grok of the ArticleTitle:

AI Initiatives in Big Pharma @Grok prompt & Proprietary Training Data and Inference by LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class X: +300 Audio Podcasts Library: Interviews with Scientific Leaders

Publication Date: November 22, 2025

Author/Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN
(Curator; Posted by 2012pharmaceutical)
@Grok SOURCE:

Overview: Final (fifth) in LPBI Group’s five-article series on AI-ready digital IP assets for pharma. This installment highlights IP Asset Class X—+300 audio podcasts of interviews with scientific leaders—as a proprietary, expert-curated auditory corpus for training and inference in healthcare AI models. Using a November 18, 2025, Grok prompt on Pfizer’s AI efforts, it maps the library to pharma applications, emphasizing audio ingestion for breakthroughs review, education, and platform integration. Unlike visual/text prior classes, this focuses on verbal expert insights for multimodal/hybrid AI, positioning them as a “rare, defensible” resource for ethical, diverse foundation models.
Main Thesis and Key Arguments

  • Core Idea: LPBI’s +300 podcasts capture unscripted scientific discourse from leaders, forming a live repository of domain knowledge ideal for AI ingestion—enhancing Big Pharma’s shift from generic to human-curated models for R&D acceleration and equitable care.
  • Value Proposition: Part of ten IP classes (five AI-ready: I, II, III, V, X); podcasts equivalent to $50MM value in series benchmarks, with living ontology for semantic mapping. Unique for hybrid uses (e.g., education starters) and safe pre-training/fine-tuning, contrasting open-source data with proprietary, ethical inputs.
  • Broader Context: Caps series by adding auditory depth to text/visual assets; supports Pfizer’s $500M AI reinvestment via productivity gains (e.g., 16,000 hours saved).

AI Initiatives in Big Pharma (Focus on Pfizer) Reuses Grok prompt highlights, presented in an integrated mapping table (verbatim):

AI Initiative at Big Pharma i.e., Pfizer
Description
Generative AI tools
Save scientists up to 16,000 hours annually in literature searches and data analysis.
Drug Discovery and Development Acceleration
Pfizer uses AI, supercomputing, and ML to streamline R&D timelines.
Clinical Trials and Regulatory Efficiency AI
Predictive Regulatory Tools; Decentralize Trials; Inventory management.
Disease Detection and Diagnostics
ATTR-CM Initiative; Rare diseases.
Generative AI and Operational Tools
Charlie Platform; Scientific Data Cloud AWS powered ML on centralized data; Amazon’s SageMaker/Bedrock for Manufacturing efficiency; Global Health Grants: Pfizer Foundation’s AI Learning Lab for equitable access to care and tools for community care.
Partnerships and Education
Collaborations: IMI Big Picture for 3M-sample disease database; AI in Pharma AIPM Symposium: Drug discovery and Precision Medicine; Webinars of AI for biomedical data integration; Webinar on AI in Manufacturing.
Strategic Focus
$500M R&D reinvestment by 2026 targets AI for Productivity; Part of $7.7B cost savings; Ethical AI, diverse DBs; Global biotech advances: China’s AI in CRISPR.
Mapping to LPBI’s Proprietary DataCore alignment table (verbatim extraction, linking Pfizer initiatives to Class X podcasts):
AI Initiative at Big Pharma i.e., Pfizer
Library of Audio and Video Podcasts N = +300
Generative AI tools (16,000 hours saved)
(No specific mapping provided.)
Drug Discovery and Development Acceleration
Review ALL SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS.
Clinical Trials and Regulatory Efficiency
(No specific mapping provided.)
Disease Detection and Diagnostics (ATTR-CM, rare diseases)
(No specific mapping provided.)
Generative AI and Operational Tools (Charlie, AWS, etc.)
Ingest to Charlie Platform all +300 Podcasts.
Partnerships and Education (IMI, AIPM, webinars)
Use Podcast for Education; Use Podcast as Hybrid: Start presentation with a Podcast continue with a life interview.
Strategic Focus ($500M reinvestment, ethics)
(No specific mapping provided.)

Methodologies and Frameworks

  • AI Training Pipeline: Ingest audio into Charlie/AWS for pre-training (expert discourse corpus), fine-tuning (e.g., breakthrough reviews), and inference (e.g., educational hybrids). Use ontology for thematic mapping; Grok prompt for sourcing initiatives.
  • Productivity Model: Boosts Pfizer’s $7.7B savings via auditory data for diverse, ethical AI (e.g., Learning Lab grants); hybrid formats for webinars/symposia.
  • Insights: Quote from Dr. Stephen J. Williams, PhD: Assets as “codified digital treasures” for safe healthcare AI. Predicts revolution in verbal inference for precision medicine.

Conclusions and Implications

LPBI Group’s IP Asset Class X:
A Library of Podcasts are a “live repository” primed for Big Pharma AI, fueling from R&D reviews to global equity. Technical Implications: Enables auditory-multimodal models for diagnostics/education. Business Implications: Accelerates $500M ROI; licensing for partnerships. Unique Insight: As unscripted leader interviews, they provide a “verbal moat” in AI—completing series’ holistic pharma data ecosystem.Promotional with links to podcast library/IP portfolio. Synthesizes series by emphasizing auditory human-AI synergy.
@Grok was prompted to summarize the Table of Contents of the e-Book that present the Library of Podcast INDEX.

Overview of IP Asset Class X: +300 Audio Podcasts – Interviews with Scientific LeadersThe BioMed Audio Podcast Library from LPBI Group is a valuable intellectual property asset in the biomedical field, featuring over 301 audio podcasts created from interviews, curations, and discussions with prominent scientific leaders. This collection highlights breakthroughs in areas like genomics, cancer research, immunology, precision medicine, and public health policy. Curated by experts such as Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN (197 podcasts), Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP (48 podcasts), and Stephen J. Williams, PhD (38 podcasts), the library is organized into 21 thematic chapters for easy navigation.Key features include:

  • Search and Accessibility: Filter by chapter, curator, subject, or podcast ID. Each entry includes text-to-speech conversion and NLP-generated WordClouds for topic visualization.
  • Content Focus: Emphasizes Nobel laureates, key opinion leaders, and innovators discussing technologies like CRISPR-Cas9, mRNA vaccines, immunotherapy, and biotechnology ventures.
  • Format and Updates: Derived from articles on real-time events (e.g., COVID-19 impacts, award announcements). The library continues to expand, with no direct audio embeds—access via linked articles for full transcripts and playback.
  • Themes Covered: Public health policy, cardiovascular science, neuroscience, academic institutions, and more, with a strong emphasis on translational research and personalized medicine.

This asset represents a rich repository for researchers, students, and professionals seeking insights from leaders like Francis Collins, Jennifer Doudna, and Siddhartha Mukherjee.Selected Highlights by ChapterBelow are curated examples from key chapters, showcasing interviews with scientific leaders. For the full library (301+ entries), visit the source page.

Chapter 1: Public Health
Podcast ID
Curator
Title
Scientific Leader(s)
Brief Description
Link
17
Aviva Lev-Ari
LEADERS in Genome Sequencing of Genetic Mutations for Therapeutic Drug Selection in Cancer Personalized Treatment: Part 2
Leaders in genome sequencing
Explores genetic mutations’ role in personalized cancer therapies.
161
Aviva Lev-Ari
FDA Commissioner, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg on HealthCare for 310Million Americans and the Role of Personalized Medicine
Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg
Discusses personalized medicine’s impact on U.S. healthcare policy.
273
Aviva Lev-Ari
Live Notes and Conference Coverage in Real Time. COVID19 And The Impact on Cancer Patients Town Hall with Leading Oncologists; April 4, 2020
Leading oncologists
Real-time analysis of COVID-19’s effects on cancer care.
Chapter: Genomics & Genome Biology
Podcast ID
Curator
Title
Scientific Leader(s)
Brief Description
Link
23
Aviva Lev-Ari
2013 Genomics: The Era Beyond the Sequencing of the Human Genome: Francis Collins, Craig Venter, Eric Lander, et al.
Francis Collins, Craig Venter, Eric Lander
Reflections on post-human genome sequencing advancements.
226
Aviva Lev-Ari

Dr. Jennifer Doudna (UC Berkeley): PMWC 2017 Luminary Award, January 22, 2017

@PMWC

2017

Jennifer Doudna (CRISPR pioneer)
Award speech on CRISPR’s applications in biomedicine.
288
Aviva Lev-Ari
Allon Klein, Harvard Medical School, and Aviv Regev, Genentech, Recipients of National Academy of Sciences James Prize…
Allon Klein, Aviv Regev
Integration of science and technology in genomics research.
Chapter: Precision Medicine & Cancer (35+ Entries)
Podcast ID
Curator
Title
Scientific Leader(s)
Brief Description
Link
15
Aviva Lev-Ari
Harnessing Personalized Medicine for Cancer Management, Prospects of Prevention and Cure: Opinions of Cancer Scientific Leaders
Cancer scientific leaders
Expert opinions on preventing and curing cancer via personalization.
12
Aviva Lev-Ari
The “Cancer establishments” examined by James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA w/Crick, 4/1953
James Watson (Nobel laureate)
Critique of cancer research institutions by DNA co-discoverer.
132
Aviva Lev-Ari
Practicing Oncology: Medscape Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Topol, MD interviews Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, PhD
Siddhartha Mukherjee (interviewed by Eric J. Topol)
Insights into oncology practices and patient care.
102
Aviva Lev-Ari
Reuben Shaw, Ph.D., a geneticist and researcher at the Salk Institute: Metabolism Influences Cancer
Reuben Shaw, Ph.D.
How metabolism drives cancer progression.
209
Aviva Lev-Ari
Pioneers of Cancer Cell Therapy: Turbocharging the Immune System to Battle Cancer Cells…
Immunotherapy pioneers
Advances in CAR-T and immune-based cancer therapies.
This selection captures the library’s depth, blending historical perspectives (e.g., Watson) with cutting-edge topics (e.g., CRISPR, immunotherapy). For deeper dives, use the site’s search tools to explore chapters like Cardiovascular Science (36 podcasts) or Immunology.

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In 2020 – 70 years a part @MIT: The Online 2020 Commencement & Presidential Address @MIT and The Online Premiere of the Shannon Documentary – The Bit Player. A Unique Tribute to Claude Shannon Screened at 2020 International Symposium on Information Theory 

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

Article ID #279: In 2020 – 70 years a part @MIT: The Online 2020 Commencement & Presidential Address @MIT and The Online Premiere of the Shannon Documentary – The Bit Player. A Unique Tribute to Claude Shannon Screened at 2020 International Symposium on Information Theory. Published on 6/29/2020

WordCloud Image Produced by Adam Tubman

The Online 2020 Commencement at MIT

WATCH VIDEO

https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:6672179189057167360/

The Online premiere of the Shannon Documentary – The Bit Player. A unique tribute to Claude Shannon screened at 2020 International Symposium on Information Theory 

WATCH VIDEO – The trailer for The Bit Player on Vimeo

https://mailchi.mp/db216e63ba60/call-for-papers-ieee-jstsp-special-issue-on-data-science-37170?e=c9c19f407a

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Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, NIH mourns NIAMS Director, Stephen Katz, M.D., Ph.D.

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

Article ID #260: Mourning the Loss of NIAMS Director Stephen Katz, M.D., Ph.D. – A Leader in Immunology of Skin Diseases. Published on 12/22/2018

WordCloud Image Produced by Adam Tubman

December 20, 2018

Mourning the Loss of NIAMS Director Stephen Katz, M.D., Ph.D. – A Leader in Immunology of Skin Diseases

 
 

It is with a profoundly heavy heart that I share with you the sad news that we have lost one of our most beloved leaders at NIH. Steve Katz, M.D., Ph.D., the long-time Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), died early this morning after suffering a catastrophic stroke. Just yesterday he was working on a presentation for this morning’s Steering Committee, and now he is gone. I am still reeling from this sudden, tragic turn of events. But I want to reflect on who Steve was and what he meant to NIH, the biomedical research enterprise, and to me personally, as a close friend.

Steve was born in New York, grew up in Bethesda, trained in internal medicine and dermatology, and came to NIH in 1974 as a Senior Investigator in the Dermatology Branch at the National Cancer Institute, initiating a highly productive research program in the immunology of skin diseases. Six years later he was Branch Chief. And when a Director for NIAMS was sought in 1995, it was Steve who emerged as the ideal candidate. Over these years he has ably led an Institute that has made major contributions to research across a broad portfolio of disorders that affect millions of Americans. As just one example, it has been my personal privilege to work closely with him on the Accelerated Medicines Partnership (AMP) project that is shedding dramatic new light on the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Steve was also a remarkable nurturer of his staff, always striving to give them the credit for progress.

But I would claim that there is no Institute Director who has done more over the last two decades to help the entire NIH enterprise flourish. When Harold Varmus, Elias Zerhouni, Raynard Kington, Larry Tabak, or I needed someone to wrestle a difficult budget issue to the ground, we called Steve. When we needed someone to provide wise advice on a complex topic (most recently, Big Data), we called Steve. When we wanted someone to mentor to new member of NIH leadership, we called Steve. And he always said yes. His legacy is simply profound.

I am also fortunate to claim Steve as a friend. It was a gift to be in his orbit of wisdom, warmth, and humor. It was a joy to see how he immediately fell in love with a grandchild just a month ago. He was also a fellow musician, and he taught me a song that is now a favorite. There is a verse of this song (B’Shana Ha’ba’a) for which the words now seem particularly appropriate. Here they are in English, though Steve also taught me the Hebrew version:

Men have dreams, men have died
To make a bright tomorrow,
And their vision remains in our hearts.
Now the torch must be passed
With hope and not in sorrow,
And a promise to make a new start.

The torch has been passed. May we strive to live up to the example of dedication and wisdom set by our dear friend Steve, even as we convey our deep condolences to his wife Linda and his children.

With sorrow for our shared loss, but gratitude for Steve’s many gifts to us,

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director

SOURCE

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/mourning-loss-niams-director-stephen-katz-md-phd

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