{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/ai-accelerates-drug-delivery-systems-design","json":"https://digestai.news/story/ai-accelerates-drug-delivery-systems-design.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/ai-accelerates-drug-delivery-systems-design.md","slug":"ai-accelerates-drug-delivery-systems-design","headline":"AI Accelerates Drug Delivery Systems Design","summary":"A new AI framework called E-MAF has been developed to design controlled-release systems for drugs. This expert-mimic AI integrates a process-aware surrogate with an optimized genetic algorithm, enabling the generation of lab-ready designs tailored to desired release profiles in just one hour. The system successfully matches or exceeds commercial benchmarks across 7 active pharmaceutical ingredients and can achieve release profiles that are difficult to produce using conventional methods. This innovation could significantly speed up the development of polymeric controlled-release systems and drug delivery technologies.","keyPoints":["E-MAF generates lab-ready designs in one hour","Matches or exceeds commercial benchmarks across 7 active pharmaceutical ingredients","Achieves release profiles difficult to achieve with conventional methods"],"whyItMatters":"This AI framework could accelerate the development of polymeric controlled-release systems and drug delivery technologies, potentially leading to faster clinical translation.","category":{"slug":"models","name":"Generative AI & Models","url":"https://digestai.news/category/models"},"entities":{"companies":["Huili Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd."],"models":["E-MAF"],"people":[]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-15T00:00:00Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T00:00:00Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":true,"sources":[{"outlet":"Nature Machine Learning","title":"On-demand design of controlled-release systems using an expert-mimic AI framework","url":"https://nature.com/articles/s41467-026-77619-5","publishedAt":"2026-09-15T00:00:00Z","type":"primary","primary":true,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"AI Accelerates Drug Delivery Systems Design\", 15 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/ai-accelerates-drug-delivery-systems-design","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"AI Accelerates Drug Delivery Systems Design","datePublished":"2026-09-15T00:00:00Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/ai-accelerates-drug-delivery-systems-design"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}