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You Need to Reduce Duplicate References in Your Medical Literature Monitoring: Here’s Why
Too much information. In our everyday lives it’s an irritation, at worst. But in medical literature monitoring, it’s a major issue. How do you cut through the noise to find the reference that really...
Can AI and machine learning automate medical literature monitoring?
If you work in pharmacovigilance (PV), are the robots coming for your job? Medical literature monitoring is part of the PV process with significant scope for automation. On the face of it, this...
Access life science conference posters and abstracts with Dialog and Morressier
Like anyone that’s been to a medical or life sciences conference, you’ll have seen the posters displaying the latest early-stage research. And while you can take photos of these posters, that isn’t...
Is Your Patent Search Sophisticated Enough?
Patents have the power to change the world. The lightbulb, the telephone, the internal combustion engine, the computer, Bluetooth – these are just a small selection of patented inventions that have...
Beyond the Paywall: the Place of Non-Patent Literature
“On average, one out of five search reports issued by the European Patent Office (EPO) contains a non-patent literature (NPL) document citation, mainly from scholarly papers. More than half of all...
Structured Searches: One Stop Patent Examination
Dealing with everything from chemical compounds to smartphones, patent examiners are the gatekeepers of innovation; tasked with ensuring only high quality, valid patents are granted. The volume of...
Access research on Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Updated)
One of the most important weapons in the fight against the global threat of coronavirus (COVID-19) is going to be vaccines and therapies. Central to this is the outstanding work being done by...
Free COVID-19 Research database on Dialog
As part of our ongoing support of the research efforts for COVID-19 treatments, vaccines, and medical devices, we’ve launched a new, free database on Dialog: COVID-19 Research. The COVID-19 Research...
EU Medical Device Regulation: What does it mean for manufacturers?
Updated: On 24 April 2020, in the Official Journal of the European Union, the EMA confirmed a one-year postponement to the go-live date for the EU Medical Device Regulation and an extension of...