Literature reviews are an essential step for evidence collection and continuous surveillance throughout a medical device lifecycle. Concurrently, it is especially important to develop a sustainable, robust and systematic literature review strategy to comply with market entry and post-market requirements. To many manufacturers developing a literature review strategy also presents an opportunity to take a holistic view of the organization and identify areas to improve productivity while managing cost efficiently. Replacing manual literature review processes with the help of a software platform might be one of them.

DistillerSR, in partnership with Citeline, recently surveyed global professionals in the in-vitro diagnostics and medical devices industry to fully understand the level of organizational preparedness and management maturity in literature review practices in the industry. Download the pdf for the full report.