Structured research · Health & biotech

Separate what the trial measured from what it is being used to claim. In whom, over what period, published by whom.

A trial result and the claim made on its behalf are two different things, and the gap between them is where most health coverage goes wrong. This is research for the analyst, the policy researcher and the reporter who need the endpoint as the protocol defined it, the sponsor and its stake named, the approval and the price traced to the decision that set them — and the workforce and distribution questions behind a health system read as structure, not sentiment.

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Real health research from the public library, shown as it was published. The stamps and the sources are the product.

Who comes here

The questions health research is built to answer.

Each one is a question a specialist actually brings, and each is answered by a scan this domain carries — not a generic report with the name swapped in.

Biotech analyst

Does the Phase 3 readout support the label the sponsor is guiding to, or only the endpoint it met?

Health-policy researcher

Who actually pays when a drug is priced at launch, and which lever moved the price?

Answered byFollow the Money
Health reporter

This statistic doubled in a year. Did the disease change, or did the counting?

Answered byWhy It Changed
Health-system planner

What does the regional staffing shortage look like once the vacancy data is separated from the press release?

How it holds up

What a health scan rests on.

Every judgment carries a grade for how it is actually known, every figure carries who reported it, and the structured record below is read on every scan before the model writes a word.

What grounds itClinicalTrials.gov registrations and openFDA approvals and recalls on every health subject; PubMed and Europe PMC for the literature; Semantic Scholar for citation context; a Retraction Watch check on the review scans, so a retraction notice matching the subject is in front of the model; the health-sector BLS series for the workforce read — plus regulators’ and sponsors’ own documents and the medical and biotech press through live search, tiered toward the journals, CMS, Cochrane and the specialist desks and away from pseudoscience.
Who published it, and their stakeEvery result names its sponsor and its reception. A preprint is marked as one, an endpoint is quoted as the trial defined it, and a figure carries the population and the period it was measured in.
What it will not doNever clinical or care guidance. Nothing here tells a person what to take, stop or do. That is by design, pinned in the prompts, and it is what lets the research be read as evidence rather than as a recommendation.
Every claim comes back stamped
VERIFIED GROUNDED PARTIAL CONTESTED GAP
Live search is steered toward
statnews.comfiercebiotech.comfiercepharma.combiopharmadive.comendpts.combiospace.compharmatimes.comdrugdiscoverytrends.commedcitynews.comoutsourcing-pharma.comevaluate.comnature.com

42 first-tier sources for health, and 26 blocked outright. Search results are one input; every figure is graded on where it came from, not on being found. How the grades work →

How FLOW reads it

Sized for health, in health’s own terms.

Scale here is clinical and regulatory weight — the patients, the payers and the authorities a connection reaches — and Complexity is how ambiguous the evidence and the pathway still are.

ARoutine Monitoring

Small clinical significance, easy to understand. Standard regulatory processes explain the connection.

BClinically Relevant

Meaningful health sector weight and the implications are clear. The relationship is well understood.

CClinically Complex

Meaningful stakes with real uncertainty. The data may be ambiguous, the regulatory path unclear, or the patient impact hard to quantify.

DCritical Priority

Very high stakes at population or market level. Patient safety, regulatory action, or public health consequences make this one of the most important connections, regardless of complexity.

SParadigm Shift

No precedent. A fundamental shift in the health landscape that existing frameworks may not cover.

Rule 1 · FLOW C cannot exist at large scale

When clinical significance grows to population-level or market-wide scale, FLOW C reclassifies to FLOW D immediately. The priority shifts from 'analyze carefully' to 'mobilize response.'

Rule 2 · Scale alone drives FLOW D

Large clinical significance means FLOW D regardless of complexity. A straightforward drug recall affecting millions of patients is FLOW D, not FLOW A.

Rule 3 · When debating D vs S — use D

FLOW S requires conditions that fall entirely outside existing clinical, regulatory, or commercial frameworks — max 1-2 per analysis. The test: do existing playbooks apply at all?

One vocabulary across every domain — a FLOW D here reads at the same weight as a FLOW D in any other — so the classification travels, and so does your judgment. The framework in full →

The catalog · Health

77 scans, grouped by the move you’re making.

7 ways in, then the rest of the catalog organised as the Health workbench organises it — establish the background, map the argument, work the record, analyse the connections, decide what to do. Every one comes back graded, sourced and exportable.

Start here

The 7 ways in
Clinical DevelopmentRead a clinical or approval event across stakeholders
AskGet a direct answer to any health question
Evidence ReviewWhat the trials actually show — designs, endpoints, effects
MedicineProfile a drug, biologic, or therapy
Why It ChangedWhy a health statistic actually moved
Health SystemProfile a system or payer — footprint, finances
Health SearchSearch health and biotech publications

Discover

1 scan
Industry PulseAnalyst, clinician, and investor chatter

Explore

7 scans
InnovateGrounded ideas for a problem
ScenarioProject a health or regulatory scenario forward
Uncertainty MapWhat's actually unknown — graded, with next tests
Response OptionsMap options with clinical and commercial tradeoffs
CompareCompare two drugs, companies, or approaches
Competitive LandscapeMap a therapeutic area or market landscape
Clinical PrecedentsFind historical approvals or trials that parallel

Fundamentals

15 scans
ChronologyTrace how a clinical story developed
Follow the MoneyFollow the money in a health market
Funding MapWho funds the research — NIH to philanthropy
Litigation ReadLiability, patent and enforcement proceedings
Key PlayersProfile the players in a therapeutic area
Who's On ItWho is surging, funding and authorising
How It WorksExplain how a drug or system works
Clinical TrajectoryHow a treatment or model really diffuses
Frontier SignalsEarly-phase evidence before the guidelines
Breakthrough CheckClaims graded against the trial record
Concept Stress-TestYour concept vs the evidence and payment record
Falsification PlanThe cheapest tests that could kill the hypothesis
Convergence ScanWhere two health streams actually meet
Research PulseTrials and preprints, graded by reception
By the NumbersClinical and market numbers, sourced

Debate

5 scans
PositionsMap who supports or opposes a health move
Poll CheckWhat health polls show — pollster named, dated
The ArgumentsThe case for and against a treatment
Myths & MisconceptionsCommon health myths, corrected
Consensus CheckWhat consensus expects from a drug or trial

Cases

7 scans
SceneReconstruct one pivotal moment, in the room
VoicesReal quotes, exactly sourced
Primary DocumentsThe record verbatim — labels, protocols, rules
Budget AnatomyA health budget, line by line — enacted vs asked
Case StudyA real clinical or regulatory case
PlaybookThe actionable steps, from analysis
Decision ReviewWas the approval, launch, or trial call right?

Profiles

12 scans
Company / Drug ProfileDeep profile of a company, drug, or program
Disease / ConditionProfile a disease, condition, virus, or pathogen
PersonProfile a physician, researcher, or executive
ProfileStrengths, pros/cons, or roads/barriers for a treatment
Track RecordPipeline promises vs. trial and launch results
Why They Did ItWhy a maker or system really did it
Method StudyA procedure or protocol, per the evidence
Literature ReviewWhat the studies show, graded by convergence
Options AppraisalSystems or programs — evidence, not advice
Fact GridAn evidence-facts table, sources named
Read GridHow each is positioned, from the record
Document BreakdownA study or report in hand, claims checked

Connections

3 scans
Stakeholder MapMap pharma, regulator, payer, and provider networks
Bilateral AnalysisRelationship between two entities
SynthesisCombine multiple analyses into one assessment

Markets

10 scans
Market ResearchSize and structure of a health market
Buyer ResearchPayers and providers — who buys, on what terms
Supply ChainTrace a drug or device from API to pharmacy
Distribution & Cold ChainTrace distribution and the cold chain to the shelf
Distributor DossierWho actually distributes it, and under what licence
Clinical WorkforceThe care workforce, measured — not narrated
Regulatory MapFDA to CMS — every rule with its real status
Deal FlowHealth deals as filed — acquirers' real patterns
Pricing ReadList vs net prices — posted, sourced, dated
Partnership MapPharma and system alliances — documented only

Act

8 scans
What You NeedWhat you need to hit an objective
Competitive WeaknessesWhere a competitor is exposed
Risk AssessmentCascading risks across a clinical or commercial space
Action PlanBuild a structured action plan
Opportunity BriefA tender's documented file — scope, incumbents
Pipeline WatchTrack pipeline milestones and regulatory signals
Catalyst CalendarDated catalysts: readouts, PDUFA dates, panels
BriefingCompile a decision-ready briefing

Investigate

1 scan
InquiryVerified deep research on any health question

Tools

1 scan
FrameworksApply frameworks (SWOT, Red Team, etc.)

Don’t know which one you need? The Router reads a plain question and picks one; the Planner takes a goal and designs a linked sequence. Every completed scan opens onto its own follow-ups — ask it a question, re-check what has changed, red-team its judgments, or push a signal onto your watchboard.

What leaves with you
Citations · BibTeX · RIS · CSL-JSONPDF · print-grade, branded coverPublic link · read-only, revocableMarkdown · for Slack, Notion, emailAudio · to a personal podcast feedSummary deck · ready to post

And the Studio turns a set of health scans into a planned, researched, edited report or book. Every format →

The result, and only the result.

Open the health workbench with a drug program, a trial, a payer or a system. What comes back is the evidence, graded and sourced.

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