Bridging the gap between AI and medicine: Claude in Microsoft Foundry advances capabilities for healthcare and life sciences customers

Healthcare and life sciences sectors are currently facing extraordinary challenges. The workload for administrative tasks is increasing, clinical processes are often disjointed, and the pace of scientific breakthroughs is outstripping the capabilities of traditional systems. Meanwhile, trust, safety, and adherence to regulations remain crucial necessities.

To effectively support clinical research and streamline documentation—such as prior authorization processes—organisations require AI systems that do more than just generate text. They need AI that is specifically tailored to tackle medical and scientific complexities, can reason through multi-step tasks, and is deployable responsibly at an enterprise level.

Today, we are thrilled to announce that Anthropic has incorporated new tools, connectors, and functionalities into Claude in Microsoft Foundry. This includes advanced reasoning capabilities, agentic workflows, and purpose-built intelligence specifically for the healthcare and life sciences sectors. Built on Azure’s secure, enterprise-level foundation, Foundry guarantees that these capabilities scale responsibly while integrating seamlessly with familiar Azure services for data management, compliance, and workflow automation.

From General Intelligence to Specialist Knowledge

1. Claude for Healthcare
   A suite of domain-specific tools and resources that empower healthcare providers, insurers, and organisations to leverage Claude in medical and operational tasks. This makes it possible to automate functions like qualifying prior authorization requests, streamlining claims appeal processes, and managing patient care and triage.
2. Claude for Life Sciences
   Added features that enhance every phase of the research and development lifecycle, connecting Claude with a broader range of scientific platforms. This enables Claude to produce more consistent, high-quality experimental and clinical protocols, helping teams draft initial protocol materials, prepare regulatory submissions, and more.

These advancements enhance Claude’s general intelligence, bringing domain-aware AI into the areas that matter most.

Designed for Real-World Regulatory Workflows

Claude’s advanced capabilities in healthcare and life sciences empower organisations to deploy vertical-specific AI agents tailored to vital industry requirements. These agents combine:

• Optimised Model Capabilities for healthcare and scientific reasoning.
• Enterprise-Level Deployment Options that meet industry standards.
• Domain-Specific Connectors via Model Context Protocol (MCP) and specialised skills to carry out specific tasks.

All of this is provided through the trusted and unified Microsoft Foundry platform.

Transforming Healthcare: From Insights to Action

Healthcare teams often find themselves hindered by administrative tasks, disconnected systems, and lengthy workflows. Anthropic’s Claude addresses these hurdles by facilitating tasks such as:

• Prior Authorization: Streamlining document reviews and decision-making processes.
• Claims Appeal Processing: Rapidly advancing appeals through structured reasoning and evidence collection.
• Care Coordination and Messaging Triage: Assisting clinicians in prioritising and responding more effectively.

Why This Matters

• Powerful: Advanced reasoning applicable across clinical, operational, and coding tasks.
• Tailored: Specifically designed for healthcare workflows with MCP capabilities.
• Committed: Part of a long-term commitment to evolving alongside healthcare organisations.

Fast-Tracking Life Sciences: From Discovery to Application

In the life sciences realm, both speed and scientific integrity are essential. With Claude’s tailored intelligence and capabilities, organisations can manage comprehensive workflows covering research, development, and operations.

Key Use Cases in Life Sciences

• Accelerating Preclinical R&D
  • Bioinformatics Analysis
  • Designing Protocols and Experiments
  • Synthesising Literature and Generating Hypotheses
• Managing Clinical Trial Operations and Data
• Regulatory Affairs and Submission Preparation

Why This Matters

• Trusted: Life sciences-specific capabilities developed with biosafety considerations.
• Powerful: Frontier-level AI for bioinformatics, experimental design, and synthesis.
• Tailored: Deep integrations with scientific databases, laboratory tools, and clinical and regulatory frameworks.
• Committed: Collaboratively developed with leaders in pharmaceuticals and research.

Driven by Cutting-Edge Claude Intelligence

These specialised capabilities build upon significant advancements in Claude’s core models. According to Anthropic, when tested against detailed simulations of practical medical and scientific tasks, Claude Opus 4.5 demonstrates considerable improvements over its predecessors in various benchmarks:

• Interpreting Scientific Figures
• Computational Biology
• Protein Understanding

With ongoing investments in safety, minimising inaccuracies, and responsible AI, Claude is equipped to provide enhanced support for real-world tasks, including prior authorization, care coordination, and regulatory paperwork.

One Platform. Multiple Models. Built on Trust.

Through Microsoft Foundry, customers can select from a growing array of leading-edge models—including Claude—while benefitting from a unified system for governance, oversight, deployment, and compliance.

Claude in Microsoft Foundry offers organisations a potent option for those needing:

• Domain-Savvy Reasoning
• Enterprise-Grade Controls
• Flexible Deployment in Regulated Settings

Get Started

These advanced capabilities are now accessible through Claude in Microsoft Foundry. To find out more, explore the Foundry Models catalog or reach out to your Microsoft account representative to discover how Claude can enhance your healthcare or life sciences operations.