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Case 03/Life Sciences Document Processing/Pharma / Biotech

DocEX — Clinical Research Data Structuring

Turns a decade of scattered clinical Excel files into regulatory-ready structured data using NER and medical ontologies.

The challenge

What was breaking

Ten years of clinical trial data lived in inconsistent Excel files with no standard schema or definitions. Manual structuring took weeks and ran 8–12% error rates — far from regulatory-ready.

The solution

DocEX

DocEX is an NER and ontology-driven extraction engine that normalises clinical research into structured, regulator-aligned repositories with traceable confidence scores.

  • Clinical Named Entity Recognition
  • Ontology mapping (RxNorm, SNOMED-CT, MedDRA)
  • Study outcome matrix generation
  • Ingredient-condition formulation recommendations
  • Field-level confidence scoring and traceability
Solution design

How it works

5 stages
  1. 01

    Ingest

    Pull in raw clinical Excel files and unstructured study notes.

  2. 02

    Extract

    Clinical NER pulls dosages, demographics, efficacy and study methods.

  3. 03

    Map

    Entities linked to RxNorm, SNOMED-CT and MedDRA ontologies.

  4. 04

    Structure

    Outcome matrices and ingredient-condition mappings built per trial.

  5. 05

    Deliver

    Standardised Excel + JSON repositories with confidence-scored fields.

Business impact

Before vs. after

MetricBeforeAfterImprovement
Documentation cycle15–20 days2–3 days85% faster
Data entry errors8–12%<0.5%99% reduction
Regulatory prepWeeks of rework3–5 days readyAudit-ready
R&D iteration2–3 weeks3–4 days80% faster
Key outcomes

What changed

  • 85% faster documentation cycles
  • Regulatory-submission-ready data structures
  • Strong proof base for marketing and compliance positioning
  • Scalable into downstream formulation decisions
Capabilities

Inside the build

Clinical Named Entity Recognition
Ontology mapping (RxNorm, SNOMED-CT, MedDRA)
Study outcome matrix generation
Ingredient-condition formulation recommendations
Field-level confidence scoring and traceability
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