On August 26th, the finals of the inaugural AI Drug Development Algorithm Competition were successfully held at Tsinghua University School of Pharmacy. The competition was jointly initiated by Tsinghua University School of Pharmacy, Baidu PaddlePaddle, Baidu AI Cloud, and Lingang Laboratory, with strong support from organizations such as the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association. Several pharmaceutical experts were invited to serve on the expert committee.

Following a captivating morning of presentations, the ViSNet-Drug team from Microsoft Research Asia was awarded first prize. The second prize was shared by the Blue Wind team from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the MolAI team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The third prize was awarded to the Sword team from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Lightning team from Zhejiang University, the Hulala! team from Nanjing University, and the Paipai team. Additionally, eight other teams received honorable mentions.