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Cited Medical Information Response Agent

Medical information response letters with a source behind every sentence, for a specialist to sign

Every question from a healthcare professional answered in a signed letter where each sentence links to its source.

See one case, screen by screen ↓
demo13.8sof agent time, the five steps added up, to read, screen, find the evidence for, write and check an 11-sentence, three-part letter
demo24minfrom the question arriving to the possible lack of effect being handed to Patient Safety
target1.4daysmedian to send a custom letter, against 4.6 days by hand
target100%of sentences in every letter linked to the passage they came from
The problem

Why a custom letter takes most of a week

An unsolicited question from a healthcare professional rarely asks one thing. A dermatologist asks about pregnancy, breastfeeding and a dosing interval the label does not cover — three parts, two on-label and one off-label, and no single standard response that answers all of them. The specialist has to find the current version of each standard response, the right label section for the requester’s country, the data on file and the literature, then write the letter and reference every claim.

Every step carries a risk. A sentence reused from last spring’s letter can follow a standard response that has since been retired. A remark about a flare in week 4 is a possible lack of effect that Patient Safety needs inside one business day. And an off-label section without the disclosure and the balancing data should never leave the department. So letters are checked line by line, by hand, against sources — and the queue waits.

target4.6daysmedian to send a custom letter by hand
estimated2–4hof a specialist’s time drafting each custom letter
demo20%of questions need a custom letter — 236 of 1,184 in 30 days
Where a custom letter’s days goestimated
By hand4.6 days
With the solution1.4 days
  • Reading, splitting and routing the question0.5 → 0.1 d
  • Finding current standard responses, label and literature1.5 → 0.2 d
  • Drafting and referencing the letter1.3 → 0.3 d
  • Checking every claim, number and version0.8 → 0.3 d
  • Signatures, enclosures and sending0.5 → 0.5 d

Estimated split for a typical multi-part custom letter, in days, by hand and with the solution.

How it works

How a question moves

Six specialist agents read, screen, find, write and check every answer and keep the library current; a medical information specialist edits and signs.

What comes in
Questions in5 channels · portal, email, call, field team, chat
Agents at work
Inquiry readerparts + label status
Then
Safety screenside effects same day
Evidence findercurrent sources only
Then
Letter writercountry template
Then
Citation checkerevery sentence
A person decides
Medical information specialistedits and signs; off-label gets a second signature
What comes out
Signed letter, sent securely
Side effects to safety
Library keeper drafts new standard responses
One case, step by step

One three-part question, from the portal to a signed letter

A dermatologist in Portland asks about a patient on Veltrimab who is planning a pregnancy. Here is what happens next, screen by screen, in the working solution.

  1. 01Oct 7 · morning

    The desk, and what is waiting for her

    Priya Raman · Medical information specialist, PharmD

    Priya opens the response desk: 48 questions today, 31 answered and 17 open; 4 letters ready for her, 1 needing a decision; 3 safety hand-offs. The signature tray shows each drafted letter with its citation count, and the clocks list what is due today and this week.

    “Dr. Helena Marsh’s letter is drafted — 11 sentences cited, 1 to decide.”

  2. 02Received Oct 2 · 13:48

    One question, split into three parts

    Inquiry reader

    MI-24817 came through the web portal from Dr. Helena Marsh, a dermatologist at Cascade Dermatology Partners. The inquiry reader verified her as an HCP and split the question: pregnancy data and stopping before conception (on-label), breastfeeding (on-label), and dosing every 2 weeks (off-label). Route: custom letter — no single standard response covers all parts — on the US custom letter v7, due Oct 9.

    Off-label status is set per part, never per question.

  3. 0324 minutes later

    A possible lack of effect, handed to Patient Safety

    Safety screen

    Buried in the question is a line the safety screen does not let pass: “Her disease flares in week 4 of each cycle.” It is handed to Patient Safety as special situation PS-26-08841 at 14:12, with the HCP’s exact words, to Lena Ortiz — inside 1 business day. Then the evidence finder pulls 18 passages from 8 sources, the letter writer drafts 11 sentences in 3 sections, and the citation checker reads them all.

    When in doubt, hand off — and a hand-off cannot be withdrawn by an agent.

  4. 04Drafted

    Click any sentence, see the passage it rests on

    Priya Raman · MI specialist

    Priya clicks the registry sentence in section 1. The evidence panel opens the Veltrimab Pregnancy Exposure Registry, Interim Report 3, data cut June 30, 2026, with both passages highlighted — and confirms every number: 212 pregnancies enrolled, 3 of 141 live births (2.1%) with a major birth defect, against a background of about 3%.

    “Supported by 2 passages · numbers match the source: 212, 141, 3, 2.1%, 3%.”

  5. 051 to decide

    A sentence that follows a retired standard response

    Citation checker

    Sentence 5 says Northwind Bio suggests considering stopping Veltrimab 15 weeks before a planned conception. The letter writer reused it from a letter signed in March 2026, which followed SRD-VLT-014 v4. Version 4 was retired on Jun 12, 2026; v5 removed the 15-week advice because the Prescribing Information sets no period for stopping before conception. The checker offers the current wording and three choices.

    Use the current wording · Keep with a note · Compare the two versions

  6. 06One click

    Current wording in, and 11 of 11 cited

    Priya Raman · MI specialist

    She compares v4 and v5 side by side, then uses the current wording: the label does not specify a stopping period, the decision weighs disease control against potential fetal exposure, and the mean half-life is about 26 days — cited to SRD-VLT-014 v5 and the Prescribing Information. The ring in the header turns from 10 of 11 to 11 of 11 cited.

  7. 07Section 3

    The off-label part, answered the way it must be

    Letter writer

    Dosing every 2 weeks opens with the approved dosing — 150 mg at Week 0 and Week 4, then every 4 weeks — and a plain statement that every-2-week dosing is not approved and its safety and effectiveness are not established. Then the data: in the VLT-302 extension, 50 of 86 patients (58%) regained PASI 75 at Week 16. Then the limits: open-label, no control arm, infections 21% after the switch against 18% before.

    Off-label disclosure · Balancing data · No promotional words

  8. 08Signed

    Approve and sign, with the meaning recorded

    Priya Raman · MI specialist

    The sign dialog lists what was checked — 11 of 11 sentences cited, disclosure and balancing data present, no promotional words, safety hand-off sent — and the meaning of the signature. Priya enters her password. Because section 3 is off-label, the letter goes to Omar Haddad, MD, for a second signature before it can be sent.

    “I reviewed this response and approve it as accurate, balanced and specific to the question asked.”

  9. 09Medical review

    The second signature on the off-label section

    Omar Haddad · Medical reviewer, MD

    Omar reviews section 3 against five checks: specific to the question asked, disclosure, balance, references and label (5 references, label enclosed), and kept apart from promotion — sent privately to the requester only. He signs as medical reviewer.

  10. 10Sent

    Sent securely, closed, archived — and the library learns

    Send and file

    The letter is built as a PDF with 5 references and the Prescribing Information enclosed, sent by secure email, and the case is closed in the MI case system. The letter, its sources, the decisions and both signatures are archived. The library keeper counts 3 similar pregnancy-planning letters this quarter and suggests an update to SRD-VLT-014.

Who it’s for

Built for everyone who answers to an HCP’s question.

The same letter, seen by the five people who touch it — what their week looked like, and what it looks like now.

PR
Priya RamanMedical information specialist, PharmD
MI specialist
Before
Hunts for the current version of each standard response and references every sentence by hand.
Now
Starts from a drafted letter where every sentence opens its passage, and decides only what the checker flags.
OH
Omar Haddad, MDSecond signature on off-label content
Medical reviewer
Before
Reads off-label letters cold, checking disclosure and balance from scratch.
Now
Sees the off-label section with the five checks already laid out, and signs as medical reviewer.
MC
Dr. Maya ChenMedical director, immunology
Standard response owner
Before
Learns a question keeps coming back when the custom letters pile up.
Now
Gets a cited first draft when a topic reaches 4 custom letters in 90 days, and a reminder 30 days before a review is due.
LO
Lena OrtizPatient Safety
Patient Safety intake
Before
Depends on someone noticing an event buried in a medical question.
Now
Receives each adverse event, special situation or complaint with the requester’s exact words, on a 1-business-day clock.
DO
Dana OkaforMedical information manager
MI manager
Before
Pieces together turnaround and volume from the case system at month end.
Now
Sees every question from the door to the letter today, turnaround, citation coverage and hand-offs on time.
Built on the engine

6 agents. Each with one job, and hard limits.

Six specialist agents read, screen, find, write and check every answer and keep the library current; a medical information specialist edits and signs.

Inquiry reader

Reads each new question from the portal, email, call log, field medical or chat; checks the requester is a healthcare professional; splits the question into parts; sets product, indication, topic, country and on-label or off-label for each part, and chooses the route.

  • Off-label status is set per part, never per question
  • Unclear questions go to a person
  • Never answers a patient with an HCP letter
Safety screen

Reads every question for adverse events, special situations — pregnancy exposure, lack of effect, overdose, medication error — and product quality complaints, and hands them to Patient Safety or Quality the same day with the original words.

  • When in doubt, hand off
  • Hand-offs cannot be withdrawn by an agent
Evidence finder

Finds the passages that answer each part: standard response paragraphs first, then the label for the requester’s country, data on file approved for external use and peer-reviewed literature — including data that do not support an off-label use.

  • Retired versions are never retrieved as current
  • Every passage keeps its version and section
Letter writer

Writes the letter from the country template, one section per part in the order asked, linking every factual sentence to its passage, with the off-label disclosure and balancing data where needed, the references and the label enclosed.

  • No sentence without a source
  • Specific to the question asked
  • A person signs — the agent drafts
Citation checker

Re-reads every sentence against its passages: is it supported, do the numbers match, is the source current, is the off-label disclosure present, is the answer balanced, are there promotional words — and offers corrected wording from current sources.

  • Findings cite the passage they rely on
  • A person accepts or rejects each finding
Library keeper

Counts the custom questions that keep coming back, drafts a new or updated standard response from the signed letters and their sources when a topic reaches 4 custom letters in 90 days, and reminds owners 30 days before a review is due.

  • Drafts only — owners approve
  • Drafts reuse signed wording and its sources
Medical information specialist

Edits and signs. The agents propose; a named person decides.

Ask in plain words

Ask about any inquiry, letter or source

The specialist can ask about the desk in plain words — or tell it what to change. Every answer points to its passage.

What is open on Dr. Marsh’s letter?

One sentence. Sentence A5 says to consider stopping Veltrimab 15 weeks before conception — wording reused from a letter that followed SRD-VLT-014 v4. Version 5 removed it because the label sets no stopping period. The checker offers the current wording; the other 10 sentences are cited and supported.

Why does Dr. Marsh’s letter need a second signature?

Part 3 asks about dosing every 2 weeks, which is outside the approved dosing. Your settings send every letter with off-label content to Omar Haddad, MD, for a second signature. The section opens with the disclosure, gives the extension-cohort result, then the limits and the infection rates, and the Prescribing Information is enclosed.

Flag literature older than 5 years

Done. New rule: flag any cited article published more than 5 years ago, so you can check for newer data before signing. None of the open letters cites an article older than 2024. The rule is live in Settings and recorded in the audit trail.

Draft a standard response for Corventa through a feeding tube

Six custom letters in 90 days asked this, and there is no standard response. I am drafting SRD-COR-015 v0.1 from the signed letters and their sources: the label wording, the in vitro study and its limits. It goes to Omar Haddad for review.

Every screen

The working solution, as it ships.

13 screens from the working solution, on its sample data. Pick one to see it large.

The response deskQuestions today, letters ready to sign, safety hand-offs, the signature tray and every clock.
The letter workspaceThe question in its parts, what the agents set, the drafted letter and the evidence for each sentence.
How the agents built itThe safety hand-off with the HCP’s words, and each agent step with what it found and how long it took.
Sentence-level evidenceClick a sentence: the source passages highlighted, and every number checked against them.
A retired source, caughtThe citation checker flags a sentence that follows a retired standard response and offers the current wording.
The current wording, acceptedThe sentence rewritten from the current standard response and the label, and every sentence in the letter cited.
The off-label sectionApproved use and disclosure first, then the data, then its limits and the safety findings.
Approve and signThe checks, the meaning of the signature and the signer, with the second signature called out for off-label content.
Second signatureThe medical reviewer checks the off-label section — specific, disclosed, balanced, referenced, kept from promotion — and signs.
Sent and archivedSent by secure email with the references and the label; the case closed and the letter, sources and signatures archived.
Recurring questionsQuestions asked 4 or more times in 90 days without a standard response — with a cited draft for the owner.
The dashboardToday from the door to the letter, questions answered, custom letters, turnaround, citation coverage and hand-offs on time.
Your department’s rulesWho signs, the second signature for off-label content, the letter clocks, the locked safety clock and what the agents may cite.
Governance

Built for medical information: cited, balanced, signed.

Every sentence opens its sourceClick any sentence in a letter to see the passage of the standard response, label, data on file or article it came from, highlighted, with the numbers matched.
Current versions onlyEvery version of a standard response is kept, but only the current one is cited. A sentence that follows a retired version is flagged with the current wording beside it.
Safety the same dayAdverse events, special situations and quality complaints go to Patient Safety with the requester’s exact words, on a 1-business-day clock that is locked by the safety procedure.
Off-label, done properlyAn off-label section states the approved use, gives the data and its limits, encloses the label, and needs a second signature from the medical reviewer. Letters go privately to the requester, kept apart from sales and marketing.
A named person signsThe agents draft; a medical information specialist reviews and signs every letter with a password and the meaning of the signature, recorded together.
Every step on the recordEach agent step, each accepted or kept finding and each signature is in the inquiry’s activity, and the letter, sources and decisions are archived with the case.
Configuration

Your department’s rules, not ours

Who signs, how fast, and what the agents may cite — all settings.

SettingDefaultChoose from
Custom letters signed byAny MI specialistAny MI specialist · MI pharmacists only
Second signature on off-label contentOmar Haddad, MDOmar Haddad, MD · Dr. Maya Chen
Send unchanged standard responses without a second lookOnOn · Off
Questions from patientsOn — answered by the nurse line, never as an HCP letterOn · Off
Custom letter clock5 business daysSet in business days from receipt
Standard response letter clock2 business daysSet in business days from receipt
Safety hand-off1 business day · lockedSet by the safety procedure
Congress abstractsOffOn, with a note that the data are not peer reviewed · Off
Connections

Works with the systems you already run

Your MI case system and inboxesquestions from the portal, email, calls, field medical and chat
HCP directoryconfirms the requester is a healthcare professional
Standard response libraryevery version kept, only the current one cited
Labels and data on fileUSPI, SmPC, Product Monograph; reports approved for external use
Literature subscriptionpeer-reviewed articles, copies enclosed when licensed
Safety and quality intakehand-offs with the verbatim text
What it changes

The difference, in numbers.

Every figure is labelled: a target the solution is built to, an estimate, a typical published result, or a proven one.

target
1.4days
median to send a custom letter
By hand4.6 days
With agents1.4 days
target
100%
of sentences in every letter linked to the passage they came from
sentences with a source
estimated
50%
less time drafting each custom letter
By hand2–4 h
With agents1–2 h

“demo” = seen in the working solution, on its sample data · “target” = the design goal for this desk, measured in the live solution · “estimated” = our estimate before deployment. People, companies and products named on this page are characters and fictional products in the working solution.

Questions

What medical information teams ask us.

What is medical information response software?

Software that takes an unsolicited question from a healthcare professional from intake to a sent answer — on the call, as a standard response or as a custom letter — with the sources, decisions and signatures recorded. This solution adds agents that split the question, screen it for safety, find the current evidence, draft the letter and check every sentence.

How does it handle off-label questions?

Off-label status is set for each part of a question. An off-label section opens with the approved use and a plain statement that the asked use is not approved, then gives the data and their limits, with the label enclosed. It needs a second signature from the medical reviewer, and the letter goes privately to the requester.

Does it use our standard response documents?

Yes — first. The evidence finder takes paragraphs from your current standard responses, then the label for the requester’s country, data on file approved for external use and peer-reviewed literature. Retired versions are never cited as current, and a reused sentence that follows one is flagged.

What happens when a question mentions an adverse event?

The safety screen reads every question for adverse events, special situations and product quality complaints, and hands them to Patient Safety or Quality with the requester’s exact words on a 1-business-day clock. When in doubt it hands off, and an agent cannot withdraw a hand-off.

Do people stay in control?

Yes. The agents draft; a medical information specialist accepts or rejects every checker finding, edits, and signs every letter with the meaning of the signature recorded. Letters with off-label content also need the medical reviewer’s signature.

Can we set our own approvers, clocks and sources?

Yes. Who signs custom letters, who gives the second signature, the custom and standard letter clocks, whether patients go to the nurse line and which sources the agents may cite are all settings, along with the letter templates for each country.

Does it keep our standard response library current?

The library keeper counts questions that keep coming back. When a topic reaches 4 custom letters in 90 days with no standard response, it drafts one from the signed letters and their sources for the owner to approve, and it reminds owners 30 days before a review is due.

How long does it take to go live?

The Agentic Solution Engine builds and deploys it from your requirements — your standard responses, labels, letter templates and a sample of past questions — and it goes live once every quality gate has passed. We will walk you through it on your own inquiries first.

See it on
your inquiries.

We’ll run the Cited Medical Information Response Agent on a sample of your own past questions and standard responses.