AI for pharma and life sciences in Canada is used widely in discovery and clinical analytics, but far less in the regulated operations that consume most of the headcount: quality, regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance and medical information. Those teams handle large volumes of structured writing and review, which is exactly what current language models do well.
What holds them back is validation. Any computerized system that touches GMP, GCP or pharmacovigilance records must be fit for its intended use, and a model that changes behaviour without control is a finding waiting to happen. The answer is to treat AI like any other GxP system: defined intended use, risk-based validation, change control and a person who signs.