Case study

Literature mining for benchmarking analysis

The Challenge

The client is conducting a first-in-human trial of a treatment for osteoarthritis and needs to assess its performance against competing therapies and determine the appropriate sample size for the pivotal trial. There are too many articles to review manually and identify the information relevant to this specific question. 

Our Approach

We extracted structured information from public-domain literature using our proprietary Bio|Reflect® tool, with iterative refinement of the outcomes and rigorous data quality checks. In total, we extracted 150 relevant data points from more than 5,000 that were collected from 900 publications, achieving 90% precision.

The Outcome

Our work enabled a more accurate, cost-effective trial design through data-driven power calculations, helping accelerate the path to market.

Why It Matters

The approach gave the client a data-driven view of the competitive landscape and clinical evidence. By enabling a more accurate trial design and sample size calculation, it helped reduce unnecessary costs and timelines while increasing confidence in the path to market.

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