San Francisco start - up BlackThorn aims to combine clinical and AI - based data collection tool PathFinder with brain imaging technology and behavioural evaluation techniques in a " targeted , predictive approach " to finding suitable treatments for clinical trials . it recently raised $ 76 m in a series B funding to fund human trials of treatments for mood or anxiety disorders and anxiety . It aims to increase the level of precision in establishing a drug 's efficacy .
San Francisco start-up BlackThorn aims to combine cloud- and AI-based data collection tool PathFinder with brain imaging technology and behavioural evaluation techniques in a "targeted, predictive approach" to finding suitable patients for clinical trials. Blackthorn recently raised $76m in a series B round to fund human trials of treatments for mood or anxiety disorders and autism. It aims to increase the level of precision in establishing a drug's effectiveness.