New Era of Data Extraction in Life Sciences: From Traditional NER to AI Agents

Introduction: Rethinking Data Extraction Clinical literature is the lifeblood of pharmaceutical research, but also one of its biggest bottlenecks. That is to say, extracting structured insights from trial publications can require weeks of manual review, as human experts search through dense narratives, tables, and figures. Working in partnership with top-20 pharma manufacturers, we set out…