Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Vela.
About Vela
Vela is a clinical knowledge engine for healthcare professionals. It searches PubMed's 40 million+ articles, checks drug interactions against official FDA data, and explains medical reports using LOINC, RxNorm, and MedlinePlus standards — all in 16 languages.
Answers are traced to their sources — PubMed literature, FDA drug labeling, TFDA license data, and LOINC reference ranges — so you can check them yourself.
Vela draws on sources including PubMed (peer-reviewed medical literature from the National Library of Medicine), FDA drug labels (DailyMed, FDA/NLM), TFDA license data, and LOINC/MedlinePlus reference information.
Vela supports 16 languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, and Hebrew. You can ask questions in any of these languages and receive answers in the same language.
Features
Research searches the medical literature and synthesizes an answer with citations you can open and check.
Verify checks drug interactions using official FDA drug label data (DailyMed, with OpenFDA fallback). Enter two or more drug names and Vela returns the interaction severity level, clinical effects, and management recommendations — all sourced from FDA-approved drug labels.
Explain helps you understand medical reports. Paste your lab results or upload a report (PDF or image), and Vela breaks down each value in plain language — what it measures, whether it's normal, and what it might mean. Sources include LOINC standards, RxNorm drug data, and MedlinePlus health information.
Privacy & Safety
No. Vela is a research and reference tool. It does not diagnose, treat, or provide medical advice. All outputs include a disclaimer reminding users to consult a qualified healthcare professional for clinical decisions.
Vela actively detects and blocks personal health identifiers (PHI) before processing any query. Chat history is automatically deleted after 180 days. Vela runs on secure, encrypted infrastructure. For full details, see our Privacy Policy.
Vela is built by an-tho (an-tho.com), a company focused on building evidence-driven decision support systems. Vela is the first product in this mission.
Pricing
Vela offers a free plan with limited daily queries across all three features. The Pro plan is $9.99/month or $89.99/year (save 25%), which includes unlimited queries, PDF/image upload for Explain, and PDF export.
The free plan includes access to all three features — Research, Verify, and Explain — with a limited number of queries per day. No credit card required.
Pro includes unlimited queries across all features, PDF and image upload for Explain, PDF export of results, and priority access to new features.
Yes. You can cancel your Pro subscription at any time from your account settings. Your access continues until the end of the current billing period. No cancellation fees.