Question 1

What is medical and scientific literature intelligence?

Accepted Answer

Medical and scientific literature intelligence is the work of searching, reading, and monitoring published research on a drug, device, or condition. Medical affairs, safety, regulatory, and clinical teams use it to find evidence, follow new publications, and answer questions with citations. It draws on bibliographic databases such as PubMed and Europe PMC.

Question 2

Which literature databases does Assyro search?

Accepted Answer

Assyro searches PubMed, cited by PMID, and Europe PMC, cited by its MED, PMC, or PPR ids. Europe PMC adds preprints and Open Access full text. RxNorm resolves drug names, and DailyMed provides current US drug labels for context.

Question 3

Can Assyro be used for pharmacovigilance literature monitoring?

Accepted Answer

Assyro can support it. Save a literature search on a product or ingredient as a watch, and Assyro checks it on the schedule you choose and emails you the new records. It does not by itself satisfy GVP literature screening obligations. Those depend on your procedures, your choice of databases and search strategy, and qualified people reviewing each record. EMA also runs a medical literature monitoring service for selected active substances.

Question 4

Does Assyro read the full text of papers?

Accepted Answer

For Open Access articles in Europe PMC, yes. For other papers, Assyro works from the citation and abstract that PubMed or Europe PMC provide. An abstract is not the full paper, so open the source before relying on it.

Question 5

How does Assyro handle preprints?

Accepted Answer

Preprints from Europe PMC are cited as preprints. A preprint has not been peer reviewed, so Assyro labels it that way and does not present it as published evidence.

Question 6

How is this different from searching PubMed directly?

Accepted Answer

PubMed search needs the right terms and filters, and returns a list of papers to read. Assyro takes a plain-language question, searches PubMed and Europe PMC together, resolves drug names, and returns an answer with each statement cited to the paper behind it. You can save the search as a watch instead of rerunning it by hand.

Question 7

Can I get an email when new papers are published on my product?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Save a literature search as a watch. Assyro checks it on the schedule you choose and emails you the records it has not shown you before, each linked to its source.

Question 8

Is published literature the same as regulatory guidance?

Accepted Answer

No. Published literature reports research. It is not FDA, EMA, or Health Canada guidance. Assyro keeps the two apart, and its regulatory intelligence searches guidance, rules, and policy documents separately.

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