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Maven Bio is designed to enhance the speed and quality of your analysis workflows.

The platform is composed of purpose-built capabilities, each designed to enhance a different kind of analysis workflow:

	What it is	Use When
Smart Table	Data Table Builder that allows you to create custom, AI-powered, columns Tables can be imported or created via Maven Bio's built-in search	You are building out a spreadsheet or data table You want to gather the same insights across many items
Report Builder	Paper length, text-based narratives backed by extensive research The report builder allows you to define the objective, sections, and attach external info to guide the report drafting process	You want a deep dive on a topic You want an opinionated analysis informed by dozens of research steps
Assistant	Short, text-based answers to focused questions, informed by Maven Bio's database Assistant is aware of the tables or reports you are viewing You can upload files or tag maven bio items to direct the assistant's research	You have a narrowly scoped question that can be answered in a few paragraphs You want a high-level update on a topic You want a summary of a given set of documents
Watchlists	Filterable event feeds related to the set of drugs, trials, and companies you define Easily adjust email alert frequency (default's to in-app only alerts)	You want to monitor activity in your external environment You want to review the event history of a given company, drug, or trial

Each of the above capabilities utilizes Maven Bio's ontologies to guide the analysis process. Our ontologies are expert-curated and continually refined.

Below is a summary of the key ontologies available to power your analysis:

	What it is	Coverage Summary
Drug Products	Candidate and marketed prescription therapeutics Does not include medical devices	~70K unique drug products tracked Global coverage Updated daily
Clinical Studies	Interventional clinical studies evaluating candidate or marketed therapeutics Does not include observational studies w/o therapeutic element	~300K interventional studies linked to drug products 21 trial registries monitored globally Updated daily
Companies	Companies developing or marketing prescription therapeutics Does not include service providers, medical device companies	~30K BioPharma companies linked to drug products and trials Updated daily
Mechanisms	Characterized mechanisms of action by which drug products exert their therapeutic effects	~50K unique mechanisms of action relevant to human therapeutics Updated quarterly
Targets	Characterized biological targets that drug products interact with	~10K biological targets relevant to human therapeutics Updated quarterly
Indications	Clinically relevant conditions or diseases that drug products are intended to address	~3.5K clinically relevant indications Updated quarterly

Our database is continually ingesting primary source documents related to the life sciences industry. Every document is scanned for possible connections to items from our ontologies. This mapping process enables high-precision analysis across our capabilities.

Below is a summary of the key data sources available to power your analysis:

	What it is	Coverage Summary
Press Releases	Corporate news releases	Refreshed continuously
Company Websites	Information contained on official company websites Includes PDF presentations and text-based articles found on sites	Refreshed multiple times per week
Journal Articles	Journal articles published or sponsored by companies tracked	Full-text coverage across open-access articles Abstract coverage for closed articles Refreshed hourly
Financial Regulatory Documents (SEC)	Regulatory filings with key US government agencies	Full coverage across companies tracked Refreshed continuously
Earnings Call Transcripts	High quality full-text transcripts of earning calls	Full coverage across companies tracked Refreshed daily
Internet Search Engines	On-demand tool to pull search the internet for relevant sources for a given research query	Queries executed on demand to augment sources available for specific requests

Introduction to Assistant

Creating a Table via Search

Creating AI columns

Introduction to Watchlists

Attaching and Tagging Items