Anton Wiehe
Co-Founder and Head of Al
Co-Founder & Head of AI, Pharos Labs · Hamburg chapter
Co-founder and Head of AI at PHAROS Labs (Hamburg), building agentic AI for medical writing (product: Regulaido). AI researcher (103+ citations) trained at the University of Groningen and University of Hamburg; presented GenAI-adoption research at ISPOR Europe 2025.
Highlights
- Co-founder and Head of AI at PHAROS Labs GmbH (Hamburg), leading development of agentic AI systems for regulated medical writing, including the document-analysis product Regulaido.
- Published AI researcher with 103+ citations (h-index 5), including a 2022 recurrent machine-learning model predicting intracranial hypertension in neurointensive care patients (61 citations).
- Co-developed the Sampled Policy Gradient (SPG) reinforcement-learning algorithm at the University of Groningen's Bernoulli Institute, demonstrated on the game Agar.io (2018).
- Co-authored ISPOR Europe 2025 research on generative-AI adoption among medical writers, including an analysis of 12,500 writer-AI conversation messages in HTA work.
Co-founder and Head of AI at PHAROS Labs GmbH (Hamburg), leading development of agentic AI systems for regulated medical writing, including the document-analysis product Regulaido.. Published AI researcher with 103+ citations (h-index 5), including a 2022 recurrent machine-learning model predicting intracranial hypertension in neurointensive care patients (61 citations).. Co-developed the Sampled Policy Gradient (SPG) reinforcement-learning algorithm at the University of Groningen's Bernoulli Institute, demonstrated on the game Agar.io (2018).. Co-authored ISPOR Europe 2025 research on generative-AI adoption among medical writers, including an analysis of 12,500 writer-AI conversation messages in HTA work..
About Anton Wiehe
Anton Wiehe is co-founder and Head of AI at Pharos Labs, where he leads AI development with a focus on agentic AI systems for real-world medical-writing applications. His work centres on building reliable, autonomous AI workflows for the regulated environment of medical and scientific writing.
Pharos Labs develops AI tooling for medical writing – a domain that demands accuracy, traceability and compliance. As Head of AI, Wiehe is responsible for the design and development of the company's agentic systems, which aim to handle complex writing and documentation tasks while keeping humans in the loop for review and oversight.
Education
Topics & Expertise
- Preventive Medicine
- Pharmaceuticals & Supplements
- agentic AI systems
- AI for medical writing
- reinforcement learning
- machine learning for healthcare
- regulated AI workflows
- human-in-the-loop AI
- generative AI adoption in life sciences
Frequently Asked
Who is Anton Wiehe?
Anton Wiehe (Anton Orell Wiehe) is co-founder and Head of AI at PHAROS Labs GmbH in Hamburg, where he leads the development of agentic AI systems for medical writing in regulated life sciences. He is also a published AI researcher with over 100 citations, with work spanning reinforcement learning and machine learning for healthcare.
What does Anton Wiehe's company PHAROS Labs do?
PHAROS Labs is a Hamburg-based healthtech company that develops evidence-based, AI-powered solutions for medical writing in regulated areas of life sciences. Its main product, Regulaido, lets users analyze medical and regulatory documents conversationally with source tracing. The team formed during an AI master's program in 2018 and also offers AI workshops and strategic consulting for healthcare.
What is Anton Wiehe's academic background?
Anton Wiehe studied artificial intelligence at the University of Groningen, where he co-developed the Sampled Policy Gradient reinforcement-learning algorithm at the Bernoulli Institute, and completed graduate studies in the MSc program Intelligent Adaptive Systems at the University of Hamburg. His published research covers reinforcement learning, deep learning for chest X-ray classification, and predicting intracranial hypertension in intensive care.
What has Anton Wiehe published on AI in medical writing?
At ISPOR Europe 2025 in Glasgow, Anton Wiehe co-authored PHAROS Labs research on generative-AI adoption among medical writing professionals, including 'Beyond Productivity: How Professional Identity Shapes Generative AI Adoption Among Medical Writing Professionals' and an analysis of 12,500 writer-AI conversation messages in HTA writing. The findings show writers use AI assistants mainly as a toolbox for high-value sub-tasks such as information extraction and translation rather than for general content creation.