ABSTRACT
Introduction ................................................................................................................3 Barriers to the Automation of These Discoveries ......................................................5 There Has Got to Be a Better Way to Do This — Shifting Paradigms ......................5 References ..................................................................................................................8
The ironic proverbial saying that “a month in the lab can save you an hour in the library” is proving itself repeatedly and at a huge cost to both academic and commercial institutions alike. Missed information in the literature costs time, money, and quality. Both the quality of decisions made and the quality of subsequent research output is compromised when the available information is not realized. In monetary terms, incorrect decisions along the drug pipeline lifecycle in the pharmaceutical area can cost millions to billions of dollars (Adams and Brantner 2006; Banik and Westgren 2004; DiMasi 2002; DiMasi et al. 2003; Gaughan 2006; Leavitt 2003; Myers and Baker 2001).
