We didn't build a tool.
We built something we wished existed years ago.
Hey, thanks for being here. We're Hatem and François — and if you've ever stayed up late drowning in PubMed tabs, Excel filters, and last-minute formatting before a deadline... Then yeah, this is for you.
Why we built SOTA Navigator
We started with a simple, painful question that needed answering.
Let me be honest. We didn't start with some grand startup idea. We started with a simple, painful question:
Why is literature review still this exhausting?
Why are we wasting so many hours on something that should already be easier?
Hatem has written more CERs and PMCFs than he can count, and every single time the most frustrating part was the same: the literature review. François had spent years building software for people whose real problem was never the software. So we built the thing we kept wishing existed.
The two of us
Two people, both reachable. Here is where to find us.
Hatem Rabeh
Co-founder, clinical evaluation expert
Medical doctor, medical engineer and clinical evaluation specialist. Writes the CERs and PMCFs that the product has to survive.
Hatem on LinkedIn
François Girinon
Co-founder, technical expert
Builds SOTA Navigator. Turns a regulatory requirement into something that runs, and keeps it fast enough to use on a deadline.
François on LinkedInWho this is for
For the clinical and regulatory teams who carry the literature review inside a clinical evaluation.
Running the searches, screening the hits on title and abstract, appraising the full texts, justifying every inclusion and exclusion, and keeping the PRISMA counts reconcilable from the first query to the final table. It is skilled work, and most of the hours go to steps that are mechanical rather than scientific.
Those are the hours we set out to give back.
What we care about
Building tools that actually make your life easier.
Clarity First
We believe in making complex processes clear and simple.
User-Driven
Built from real feedback, real reviews, real people.
Simplicity
No unnecessary features, just what you need to work better.
Where this goes
Building the future of literature review, together.
We build it in the open, with the people who use it. Every question, bug report and feature request from a working reviewer goes on the roadmap, and the roadmap is public so you can see where yours sits.
You can see what we are building, and vote on what comes next.
Let's Make Literature Reviews Better Together
Every conversation helps us understand your challenges better and shapes the future of SOTA Navigator.
Chat with Us
Share ideas, ask questions, or just say hi. We read and respond to every message.
Tell us what your review actually costs you.
Send us the step that takes the longest on your current clinical evaluation.
We will tell you plainly whether SOTA Navigator shortens it, and how, or whether it does not.
Hatem Rabeh and François Girinon