Case Study: Oxford PharmaGenesis delivers literature reviews at unprecedented scale with Elicit

How Oxford PharmaGenesis uses Elicit to deliver literature reviews at an unprecedented scale

Oxford Pharmagenesis, a global health-science communications consultancy, faced significant capacity constraints that prevented it from scaling its literature review services for pharmaceutical clients. The labor-intensive process of manually screening and extracting data from thousands of papers limited the scope of research questions and consumed expert resources that were better spent on analysis. This challenge led them to seek a solution from the vendor, Elicit.

By implementing Elicit's AI-powered literature review tool, which excels at reliable data extraction and PDF parsing, Oxford Pharmagenesis dramatically increased its throughput. The solution enabled them to complete a rapid literature review investigating 40 research questions across 500 papers in under a week, a task previously impossible at that scale. Elicit allowed their experts to shift focus from manual extraction to quality control and in-depth analysis, delivering greater value and deeper insights to clients while also enabling the company to offer entirely new kinds of literature analytic services.

Oxford Pharmagenesis

Kim Wager

Scientific Director