--- title: 'Software Daily Summary: What Happened on October 20, 2026' headline: AstraZeneca and Oracle team up on an AI clinical-trial platform description: The companies are developing an AI platform intended for clinical trials. url: https://thebench.bio/news/software/2026-10-20 topic: software date: '2026-10-20' covers: - '2026-10-20' date_published: '2026-10-20T12:03:06Z' date_modified: '2026-10-20T12:03:06Z' tags: - Clinical sources: 1 publisher: TheBench.Bio --- # Software Daily Summary: What Happened on October 20, 2026 **AstraZeneca and Oracle team up on an AI clinical-trial platform** The companies are developing an AI platform intended for clinical trials. ## Today in brief AstraZeneca and Oracle are developing an AI platform for clinical trials. [1] ## Also published - [Where AI Governance in Clinical Development Falls Short](), Applied Clinical Trials - [Why AI transformation is really about people](), pharmaphorum ## Sources 1. [AZ and Oracle team up on AI platform for clinical trials](), pharmaphorum, 2026-10-20 --- TheBench.Bio wrote this from the reporting cited above, with a language model drafting and editing. [1]: