Anthropic launches Claude for Life Sciences to speed up AI healthcare research
Anthropic has introduced Claude for Life Sciences, adding research‑grade connectors, model gains and agent “Skills” to help scientists move faster from discovery to documentation and compliance.
Anthropic has launched Claude for Life Sciences, a suite of model upgrades, connectors and workflow tools designed to help scientists, clinicians and biotech teams complete literature reviews, write protocols, analyse omics data and prepare regulatory materials more efficiently.
The package adds dedicated connectors to widely used scientific platforms so researchers can work in natural language while keeping sources traceable.
New links include Benchling for experiment records, BioRender for figures and templates, PubMed for biomedical literature, Wiley’s Scholar Gateway for peer‑reviewed content, Synapse.org for collaborative data, and 10x Genomics for single‑cell and spatial analysis.
Anthropic said these join existing enterprise connectors such as Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook and Teams, plus integrations with Databricks and Snowflake.
Benchling said its integration lets scientists ask Claude questions about their data and receive source‑linked answers and reports within existing permissions and audit logs.
10x Genomics announced a collaboration using Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) so researchers can run common single‑cell workflows—such as read alignment, matrix generation and clustering—through plain‑English prompts.
Under the bonnet: Models and Skills
Anthropic said its Claude Sonnet 4.5 model has improved on life‑sciences tasks, scoring 0.83 on the Protocol QA benchmark versus a human baseline of 0.79 and 0.74 for Sonnet 4.
The company has also introduced domain‑specific “Agent Skills” so teams can package protocols and procedures Claude can follow consistently, starting with a single‑cell RNA‑seq QC skill based on scverse best practices.
Agent Skills have been positioned by Anthropic as a way to turn general‑purpose agents into specialised ones across Claude apps, Claude Code and the API.
Claude for Life Sciences is available via Claude.com and the AWS Marketplace, with Google Cloud Marketplace availability coming soon.
Anthropic highlighted collaborations across pharma and research, including Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, Genmab and the Broad Institute, as well as consulting partners such as Deloitte, Accenture and KPMG to support adoption in regulated settings.