Find ideal KOLs, Rising Stars, startups and cutting-edge research in 30 seconds - for any topic.

AcademicLabs is an AI-driven discovery platform for life sciences Analysts, Business Developers and Researchers. It brings the entire early-stage research world at your fingertips and allows you to find the pin in the haystack in seconds. 

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How does it work?

1. Find all early-stage innovators & research in one place

Effortlessly find the experts, companies, and cutting-edge research that matter most, saving days of scattered research on PubMed, google, ChatGPT, patent databases, clinicaltrials.gov, university websites, company databases, news, etc.

research groups
Research Groups
150k+
UNIQUE DATA

Academic research groups at 1000+ leading universities

researchers
Researchers
18M+

Academic and industry researchers from all over the world. Includes all life science, chemistry and AI researchers with ≥3 publications, and researchers in all other disciplines with ≥10 publications

Startups and Spinoffs
Companies
133K+
UNIQUE DATA

Companies in the biotech and pharma industry. Includes emerging and established therapeutic biotech, diagnostics, medical devices, big pharma, incubators, investors, consultants, CROs, C(D)MOs, etc

ongoing research
Ongoing Research
460K+
UNIQUE DATA

Current lines of investigation of academic research groups, as communicated publicly

funded projects
Funded Projects
2.8M+

Projects funded by the EU, US, Japan, most European countries, and the Wellcome Trust

clinical trials
Clinical Trials
980K+

Clinical trials from ClinicalTrials.gov and 19 other registries worldwide covering US, EU, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Brazil, Peru, Cuba, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Lebanon and Iran

publications
Publications
90M+

All 37+ million PubMed publications, plus 50 million additional life science and STEM publications since 2015

patents
Patents
17M+

Patents and patent applications since 2005 including priority rights from EPO and USPTO

2. Quickly extract valuable insights

Navigate complex data in just a few clicks with 100+ filters and AI insights, giving you clarity and instant answers instead of information overload.

See how you can uncover 70 insights on any topic in just 7 minutes—saving 7 weeks of effort:

3. Get AI-powered answers to complex questions instead of reading for hours

Step 1: Select What You Need
Step 2: Ask Your Question
Step 3: Get Instant Answers

Quickly find and select the most relevant research, researchers, or companies with just a few clicks.

Ask our AI anything about up to 50 relevant publications, projects, patents, clinical trials, ongoing research programs, or press releases—all at once. (Completely private and secure.)

Skip the hours of reading and get a clear, AI-powered summary instead of scanning through 50 documents.

Step 1: Select What You Need

Quickly find and select the most relevant research, researchers, or companies with just a few clicks.

Step 2: Ask Your Question

Ask our AI anything about up to 50 relevant publications, projects, patents, clinical trials, ongoing research programs, or press releases—all at once. (Completely private and secure.)

Step 3: Get Instant Answers

Skip the hours of reading and get a clear, AI-powered summary instead of scanning through 50 documents.

Example AI questions

  • What's this researcher's expertise on KRAS?
  • We look for a KOL to (X). Does this researcher seem an excellent fit and why?
  • What are the key research areas and promising directions of research on PROTAC?
  • Show me the clinical drug pipeline of this company.
  • List all deals with info on both parties, deal financials and deal goals.
  • What is the treatment efficacy of the treatments in these Ph2 clinical trials publications? Group by modality and company.
  • What are emerging trends among these ongoing research programs/projects?
  • List the new technology, innovation or research goals for these 50 funded projects, and group based on similarity of goals.
  • Who are this lab's key company partners and what were the outcomes of the collaborations?
  • Assess for the KRAS target what compounds are studied and what the findings are. Group per disease.
  • Which mechanisms of action is this company targeting?
  • Provide for these trials per modality an overview of interventions and primary endpoints.
  • Does this company seem a great fit for our phase 1 trial CRO services? 
  • Who is presenting what cancer treatment results at the next events?
  • Group these publications by RNA technology, and provide key findings per technology.
  • Write for each of these 50 recent funded projects on single cell research a convincing, tailored two-paragraph intro email to maximize the chance that the investigator is interested in our single cell imaging solutions, doesn’t feel spammed and maximize the chance that (s)he books a meeting.
  • What's this researcher's expertise on KRAS?
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  • We look for a KOL to (X). Does this researcher seem an excellent fit and why?
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  • What are the key research areas and promising directions of research on PROTAC?
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  • Show me the clinical drug pipeline of this company.
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  • List all deals with info on both parties, deal financials and deal goals.
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  • What is the treatment efficacy of the treatments in these Ph2 clinical trials publications? Group by modality and company.
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  • What are emerging trends among these ongoing research programs/projects?
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  • List the new technology, innovation or research goals for these 50 funded projects, and group based on similarity of goals.
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  • Who are this lab's key company partners and what were the outcomes of the collaborations?
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  • Assess for the KRAS target what compounds are studied and what the findings are. Group per disease.
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  • Which mechanisms of action is this company targeting?
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  • Provide for these trials per modality an overview of interventions and primary endpoints.
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  • Does this company seem a great fit for our phase 1 trial CRO services? 
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  • Who is presenting what cancer treatment results at the next events?
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  • Group these publications by RNA technology, and provide key findings per technology.
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  • Write for each of these 50 recent funded projects on single cell research a convincing, tailored two-paragraph intro email to maximize the chance that the investigator is interested in our single cell imaging solutions, doesn’t feel spammed and maximize the chance that (s)he books a meeting.
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What do our customers say?

"AcademicLabs has a fantastic platform to support scientific intelligence and horizon scanning. In addition, the team is very responsive and provide great support. A brilliant, time-saving solution which enables deep insights. "
Emma Jacquier PhD
Co-CEO at Neat Science Consulting®
"I sincerely like it. I’m not using PubMed at all anymore. It is so convenient having all sort of different databases in a single one stop solution, it saves me a lot of efforts and time. It’s now even my start site in Chrome. To find literature, researchers, companies, etc."
Scientific Director
at Top 5 Pharma Company
"AcademicLabs has significantly enhanced our innovation process by enabling us to more easily identify cutting-edge innovations and connect with top-tier researchers globally. The ability to target specific researchers, such as authors of the top 500 recent publications in a given field, split by country and institution, and obtain their emails for innovation crowdsourcing initiatives has consistently yielded outstanding results with high engagement and interest rates."
Dr. Ulrich A.K. Betz
Vice President Innovation Merck
and Chairman of the Board Future Insight
Jonathan Rohll
“It’s a great tool to find key experts and a good entry point to look into literature, patents, clinical trials, and projects all in one place—it has handy filters and is very user-friendly.”
Stephanie Staelens, Ph.D.
Head of Early Drug Discovery Project Management
at Confo Therapeutics
Jonathan Rohll
“It really massively simplified the process of gathering data on research groups, clinical trials, patents, and publications for more than 100 rare diseases. It saved me a great deal of time and effort.”
Jonathan Rohll
Head of Business Information
at OBN
"As someone who is constantly on the lookout for new research collaborations, AcademicLabs is a game-changer for anyone in the life sciences looking to stay ahead of the curve and find impactful projects. It will become my go-to platform for discovering innovative projects and potential partners. Its comprehensive database, which aggregates both academic and industry research, saves me countless hours by providing curated, up-to-date insights in one place. The intuitive interface and powerful search functions quickly streamlines my project scouting process and connects me with cutting-edge research and niche opportunities I might not have found otherwise."
Lutz Kummer
R&D Managing Director at Molecule
"After using AcademicLabs for a project side-by-side to other tools, I now by default always go to AcademicLabs when I have new ideas and want to learn more about the topic."
Senior Biology Scientist
at Biotech Startup
"I now use AcademicLabs instead of Web of Science because I can find not only the publications on a technology, but also the patents, companies and experts in one place, which saves so much time!"
Scientific Director
at top 10 Pharma Company
"I used it a lot and every time I use it I get value. I mostly used it to proactively identifying the professors I want to talk to at a university prior to meeting a university Tech Transfer Office, instead of relying on the TTO’s suggestions."
BD and Partnerships
at Venture Studio
"Unlike in SciLeads, Zymewire and Monocl, in AcademicLabs I could easily find the details of recently funded projects, publications, clinical trials and patents, as well filter by all kinds of related criteria to identify and reach out in a personalized way to the most promising experts, groups and companies that are currently active in an area for which we offer solutions. This led to much higher reply rates."
Sales Representative
at Diagnostics Company
"The system is so easy to use that I'll actually use it. This makes it very accessible to use on a frequent basis — for example, if I have 30 minutes in between. Will help me to be efficient. You have sites that are so complicated to use and eventually you don't do it."
Senior Scientist
at top 10 Pharma Company
"I was losing so much time on PubMed, it was impossible to identify all key virology researchers in select EU countries to engage them for an EU project. With AcademicLabs, it was so easy. I vouch for AcademicLabs in our organization and externally!"
Drug Discovery Scientific Leader
at top 10 Pharma Company
"It works really well to find KOLs and other experts in specific disease, target and technology areas. We found who we needed to aid us in our strategy."
Business Developer
at Biotech Company
"When I see a potential partner at an event I check out their company on AcademicLabs (clinical trials and patents mostly) to decide if it is relevant to get in touch with them."
Business Developer
at Top 20 Pharma Company
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Who is it for?

We empower Innovation, Business Development, Intelligence, R&D, Academics and Sales professionals to uncover vital information amidst the noise, saving you valuable time and effort.

Pharma External Innovation, S&E, BD&L, Competitive Intelligence

Landscape any topic, identify ideal KOLs, Rising Stars, collaborators, early-stage in-licensing opportunities and startups, out-licensing opportunities, novel innovations, and track your competitive landscape. 

Pharma Scientific Intelligence, R&D Leadership and Scientists

Find ideal collaborators and advisors, quickly learn the state-of-the-art on any topic,  uncover new research findings and stay on top of cutting-edge research.

Biotech Leaders, BD and R&D

One cockpit to find KOLs, collaborators, investors, CROs, in-licensing and out-licensing opportunities, pharma partners, new research,  scientific innovations, clinical and patenting activities, and stay on top of  your competitive landscape. 

Lead Gen and BD professionals at suppliers (CROs, CDMOs, Lab Equipment...)

Effortlessly scale and hyper-personalize your outreach to best-fit scientific champions in academia, early-stage biotech startups and pharma.

Consultants in Life Sciences

Cut your client research and reporting time in half while overdelivering on insights and opportunities for your clients, while creating upsell opportunities for additional readily available insights.  

Investors in Life Sciences

Accelerate rigorous scientific due diligence on investment candidates. Easily assess the team's expertise and IP,  find the most relevant KOLs, competition, potential pharma partners, market insights, technology and scientific innovation, clinical and patent landscapes.

TTOs and Business Development at Research Institutions

Find best-fit companies to license your technologies, sponsor new research or collaborate on projects.

Academic researchers

One place to find academic and industry collaborators, track your peer's activities, accelerate literature studies, find new research trends,  insights and ongoing research projects, analyse valorization opportunities and the competitive landscape.

Conference organizers and scientific publishers

Find based on very specific criteria ideal speaker candidates or reviewers, while exporting long-lists of researchers and company contacts currently active on a specific topic.

See AcademicLabs in action

See how our platform saves you hours, uncovers opportunities, and drives smarter, faster decisions powered by data and science.

Read a case study

Confo Therapeutics identifies scientific experts seamlessly using AcademicLabs.

Confo Therapeutics identifies scientific experts seamlessly using AcademicLabs, eliminating a time sink in their drug discovery pipeline and allowing their work to move forward with a newfound confidence.

Read the full case study
confo therapeutics

BioRN optimizes its scouting services with AcademicLabs.

Read the full story how this collaboration bolstered BioRN's scouting capabilities, ensuring they remained at the forefront of connecting academia and industry.

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confo therapeutics

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My colleague has been using it every single day since starting a few weeks ago. And he’s constantly saying "Wow. Wow. Wow."
Scientific Director
at Top 10 Japanese Pharma Company