How Algorithmiq Hopes To Cure Disease With Quantum Computing

How would you go about finding a grain of sand if you had to search for it on every beach in the universe? That’s the metaphorical challenge Finnish software start-up Algorithmiq hopes to resolve through a ground-breaking new partnership with IBM to be announced today. The Helsinki-based quantum computing company hopes its technology will revolutionise the way we develop new drugs to combat disease.

“We believe there are certain problems that can only be solved using quantum computing,” says Sabrina Maniscalco, CEO and co-founder of Algorithmiq. “The quantum advantage is going to help break the current logjam in drug development, where life sciences companies are spending more and more

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