title: Competitive intelligence and patent analysis in drug discovery.
abstract: Patents are a major source of information in drug discovery and, when properly processed and analyzed, can yield a wealth of information on competitors activities, R&D trends, emerging fields, collaborations, among others. This review discusses the current state-of-the-art in textual data analysis and exploration methods as applied to patent analysis.:
authors: Genome and Proteome Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address:nicolas.grandjean@novartis.com.
authors: Nicolas
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authors: Grandjean
authors: Genome and Proteome Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
authors: Brigitte
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authors: Charpiot
authors: Genome and Proteome Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
authors: Carlos Andres
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authors: Genome and Proteome Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
authors: Manuel C
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