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Industry Overview
S&P's NetAdvantage [icon - GSB Network]

Includes industry surveys on "Biotechnology", and "Healthcare: Pharmaceuticals"

Plunkett Research Online [icon - Stanford Network]

Includes "Biotechnology & Genetics Industry Center", and "Health Care Industry Center"

MarketLine [icon - GSB Network]

Comprehensive information, news and market reports for international companies, industries and countries. Covers biotechnology, drug delivery, drug manufacturing, generics, and OTC drugs manufacturing.

Industry Profiles and Reports (PhRMA)

Prescription Drugs: Market & Industry (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Company Information

Red book : pharmacy's fundamental reference (Latest on Reference: Pharmaceutical Industry)
catalog record

Plunkett Research Online [icon - Stanford Network]

Includes "Biotechnology & Genetics Industry Center", and "Health Care Industry Center".

News and Journal Articles
Business Source Complete [icon - Stanford Network]

Factiva [icon - GSB Network]

Provides comprehensive coverage for full-text newspapers, magazines, newswires, company financials, and stock quotes. Includes Wall Street Journal, coverage: 6/13/79-1/1/84 (selected full-text); 1/2/84-current (full-text).

BioSpace.com

News on companies, IPOs, deals, clinical trials, etc

Market Reports
Frost & Sullivan [icon - GSB Network]

Market reports on the global healthcare market

MarketLine [icon - GSB Network]

Comprehensive information, news and market reports for international companies, industries and countries.  Covers biotechnology, drug delivery, drug manufacturing, generics, and OTC drugs manufacturing.

OneSource's US Business Browser [icon - GSB Network] [icon - Password]

Market research reports, market share, analyst reports

Thomson Investext [icon - GSB Network] (IE Browser only)

Investext analyst reports are available from the research area.

Statistics
Drug and Biologic Approval Reports

FDA's drug approval statistics

Top-Line Industry Data (IMS Health)

U.S. and global pharmaceutical trends

Top 200 Prescriptions

Ranking of US drugs by number of prescriptions dispensed

TableBase [icon - GSB Network]

Provides access to tabular information on companies, products, countries and markets.

Plunkett Research Online [icon - Stanford Network]

Statistical profiles under "Biotechnology & Genetics Industry Center", and "Health Care Industry Center".

Drug Information
Drugs@FDA

A catalog of FDA approved drug products, including, Approved and tentatively approved prescription, over-the-counter, and discontinued drugs; Drug approval letters, labels, and review packages.

Drug Information Pathfinder

From the Division of Drug Information, FDA

Clinical Trials
ClinicalStudyResults.org

Contain the results from all "hypothesis-testing" clinical studies (mainly phase III and IV studies) completed since October 1, 2002, for drug products that are approved in the United States.

ClinicalTrials.gov (National Institutes of Health)

Provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.

IFPMA Clinical Trials Portal

Provides information on on-going clinical trials and results of completed trials.

Patent Search
Google Patent Search

Covers over 7 million patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Also offers an Advanced Patent Search page, which allows one to search by patent number, title, inventor, date, etc.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Database

Full-text U.S. patents since 1976, full-page images since 1790

Derwent Innovations Index

International patents since 1963. From Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

Foreign Country Patent Databases

A listing of databases compiled by the Swain Library, Stanford.

Associations
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

A leading trade association in the U.S.

International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA)

Representing national industry associations and companies worldwide. Members are research-based pharmaceutical, biotech, and vaccine companies.

Drug Information Association (DIA)

A professional association of nearly 23,000 members worldwide who are involved in the discovery, development, regulation, surveillance, or marketing of pharmaceuticals or related products.

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