Introduction to Watchlists

Watchlists let you to set up a personalized event feed that covers key updates on drugs, trials, or companies of interest. With Watchlists, you can follow the exact events you need—minus the noise of endless press releases and sprawling clinical-trial databases.

To create one, click the Clock (Watchlist) icon between the Search and Headphones (Support) icons at the top left of the toolbar

This takes you to the All Events Feed, which lists every event in the system.

Use filters to browse and narrow events, or create custom watchlists for personal, team, or organization use.

Click on the +Create button (top-left) and give your watchlist a title, and click Create Watchlist.

Click Add Items.

This opens Watchlist Manager, where you select entities to add.

Use the dropdown menus to customize your watchlist. First select Item type (Drug, Trial, or Company) in the primary dropdown. The secondary dropdown will then display a searchable list of items corresponding to your selection.

You can also use the Import from Table feature to bring in entities from a previously created or imported Smart Table. 

Once items are added, click View Event Feed to see relevant updates.

Your Event Feed appears like this.

Each event in the feed is displayed as an individual event card. You can refine the view by selecting specific Event types from the dropdown, making it easy to filter and focus on the updates most relevant to your interests.

You can also filter the watchlist to show events for a specific entity within your watchlist.

If you don’t see the option you need, use Type to filter results to narrow the feed.

Each event card includes a headline summary and a clearly labeled event-type tag, allowing you to quickly identify the nature of the update.

In addition, the card provides a direct link to the source where the event was recorded, along with quick links to the associated item (drug, trial, or company) and related entities for added context.

When opened, each event card provides a summary headline, event-type tag, and contextual links to the source and associated items.

To further refine your feed use Watchlist Settings. Under Watchlist Settings, you have three major functions:

Context: You can use this section to add free-form notes or apply prompt templates that help guide Maven’s analysis toward your goals, whether that’s competitive intelligence, partnership evaluation, or internal portfolio tracking.

Defining the purpose of your watchlist makes it smarter and more relevant. Adding short contextual notes like “Tracking Phase 3 oncology trials” or “Monitoring FDA Advisory Committee outcomes” helps Maven tailor summaries, analyses, and even email digests to your specific needs.

This intelligent prioritization keeps the focus on what truly matters—helping you quickly get to the core question: “So what?”

Email Digest Frequency: Flexible email notifications can be tailored to your preferences. Choose real-time, daily, weekly, or monthly digests, or enable real-time alerts. You can also receive notifications even when there are no new changes.

Email summaries include:

Only watchlists with new events will be included in your email updates (unless you've chosen to be notified even when there are no new events).

Manage Items opens Watchlist Manager for this watchlist. Add or remove entities, open entity profiles, import a table, or click View Event Feed.

Set up your watchlists once, tailor the context to your goals, and let Maven surface the signal. With Watchlists, your most important drug, trial, and company updates find you at the right moment, so you can move faster and brief smarter.