Zifo’s recently concluded “Data Readiness Survey,” which saw participation of scientists and informaticians from over 30 global companies, shows that scientifically driven companies (Pharma, Biotech, Chemicals, F&B, FMCG, Agrotech etc.) are beginning to seriously invest in AI and ML across the entire R&D, Manufacturing and Trials value chain, and a lot of the initial effort is going into the basics — making sure data is of good enough quality i.e. there are proper standards, and that everyone’s on the same page with things like metadata, ontologies, master data etc.