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Australia’s CSL taps Amazon’s cloud unit to boost research pipeline

By Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2026 | 7:47 PM

Sept 29 (Reuters) – Australian biotechnology firm CSL said on Tuesday it is collaborating with Amazon’s cloud arm to ​harness AI and cloud technology ‌across its research and clinical development pipeline.

Here are some more details:

• The partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) will enable CSL’s scientists to ‌analyse ​complex scientific data and ⁠identify potential drug ⁠targets earlier in the discovery process, helping to accelerate research and shorten development timelines, the company said.

• On the ​clinical front, CSL said it will also use AWS’s cloud and AI ⁠tools to reduce manual ⁠workloads in protocol drafting, data ​management, and submission processes.

• The firm aims ​to link laboratory and computational work ‌more closely, enabling experimental findings to inform research models and decisions faster.

• The partnership with Seattle-based AWS comes after ⁠US President Donald Trump announced a new round of drug-pricing agreements with international pharmaceutical companies, ⁠including CSL, ‌in early September.

• In mid-August, ⁠CSL posted better-than-expected annual underlying ​earnings ‌and forecast growth in 2027 ​on the ⁠back of its core plasma division.

• Shares of CSL were largely unchanged at A$181.9, as of 0023 GMT.

(Reporting by Aamir Shaik Khalid in Bengaluru; Editing by ​Subhranshu Sahu)