GRAPHIC APPAREL SHOPThe path from groundbreaking research to real-world solutions is shortening thanks to Anthropic’s latest enhancements to Claude. By acting as an intelligent research partner, Claude empowers researchers, clinicians, and industry professionals to interact with scientific data and workflows more efficiently than ever before.
Next-Level AI Performance in Science
The latest version, Claude Sonnet 4.5, raises the bar for AI in the life sciences. This powerful model surpasses human baselines on tasks like laboratory protocol comprehension and performs exceptionally well on bioinformatics benchmarks. These upgrades make Claude a genuine collaborator, supporting critical thinking and insight generation across the entire research lifecycle.
Integration with Leading Scientific Platforms
Claude’s new connectors revolutionize scientific productivity by seamlessly linking with platforms such as Benchling, BioRender, PubMed, Wiley’s Scholar Gateway, Synapse.org, and 10x Genomics.
These integrations grant instant access to experimental data, scientific visuals, biomedical publications, and advanced analytics. Claude also connects with enterprise tools like Google Workspace, Databricks, Snowflake, and Microsoft SharePoint, breaking down data silos and transforming information into actionable insights.
Agent Skills: Tailored Expertise for Complex Work
With Agent Skills, Claude adapts to specialized scientific tasks. Users can equip Claude with precise instructions, scripts, and resources for activities like quality control in single-cell RNA sequencing. Scientists can even create custom skills, ensuring Claude evolves alongside emerging research protocols and workflows.
Supporting the Full Range of Life Sciences Work
Claude streamlines a variety of essential life sciences functions, including:
- Research and literature reviews: Claude summarizes biomedical research, generates hypotheses, and synthesizes findings for presentations and manuscripts.
- Protocol drafting: Integration with Benchling allows for rapid drafting of study protocols, SOPs, and consent forms.
- Bioinformatics and analytics: Claude processes and analyzes genomic data, delivering results in multiple formats like slides, documents, and code notebooks.
- Clinical and regulatory compliance: The AI assists with drafting, reviewing, and compiling regulatory submissions and compliance documents.
To support onboarding, Anthropic has curated a prompt library tailored to common scientific and clinical tasks.
Industry Adoption and Impact
Claude’s capabilities are already making a difference for top pharmaceutical, biotech, and research organizations. Industry leaders such as Sanofi, AbbVie, Genmab, and Novo Nordisk utilize Claude to boost R&D efficiency, enhance regulatory compliance, and reduce time-to-market for new treatments.
Academic institutions like Stanford and the Broad Institute are leveraging Claude to develop innovative research platforms. Partners including Benchling, 10x Genomics, PwC, and others highlight Claude’s role in driving productivity and data-driven decision-making across the life sciences value chain.
Expert Support and Global Partnerships
Anthropic provides hands-on support through subject matter experts and collaborations with consulting and cloud leaders like Caylent, Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, Quantium, Slalom, Tribe AI, AWS, and Google Cloud. The AI for Science program offers free API credits to pioneering researchers, encouraging new and creative applications of AI in science.
Getting Started with Claude
Claude for Life Sciences is currently available on Claude.com and AWS Marketplace, with Google Cloud support on the horizon. Backed by dedicated R&D teams and ongoing dialogue with the scientific community, Claude is positioned to become the go-to AI assistant for scientists around the world.
Takeaway
Claude is redefining possibilities in the life sciences by connecting complex data with expert insights and real-world impact. As adoption increases, Claude has the potential to accelerate discovery, streamline compliance, and enable life-changing innovations to reach the market faster than ever before.
New Claude For Life Sciences for Accelerating Scientific Discovery