'Pharma, not really’: Top young AI talent shuns careers at big drugmakers

The 2026 ICLR conference in Rio de Janeiro (Andrew Dunn for Endpoints News) May 8, 2026 09:09 AM EDT PeopleAIPharma ‘Phar­ma, not re­al­ly’: Why AI’s top young tal­ent isn’t in­ter­est­ed in a ca­reer at big drug­mak­ers Andrew Dunn Senior Biopharma Correspondent RIO DE JANEIRO — Maz­dak Ab­ul­na­ga should be the poster child for the type of em­ploy­ee phar­ma com­pa­nies want to hire this year. Ab­ul­na­ga, a 33-year-old … Sign up to read this article for free. Get free access to a limited number of articles, plus choose newsletters to get straight to your inbox. SIGN UP LOG IN BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER