<p> Pharmaceutical/Health “Pathfinder”</p><p>Pharmaceutical Subject Area Web Resources Commercial Online Resources Printed Resources Emerging Products  MEDLINEplus  Business & Industry (Dialog and Lexis-  Med Ad News (Monthly; annual (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html): Nexis): In Dialog, use descriptors such special issue in July: What’s in Select Health Topics link. Provides a wealth of links to as “Product Development” or “Trends” the pipeline) relevant information based upon disease states along with “Pharmaceutical Preparations”  R&D Directions (Monthly)  Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of and disease state  Pharmabusiness (Monthly) America (PhRMA) (http://www.phrma.org/): Select  Gale Group PROMT (Dialog and Lexis-  Pharmaprojects (Monthly) “Search for Cures”|“New Medicines” link Nexis): Use pharmaceutical-related SIC  IMS R&D Focus (Monthly)  ClinicalTrials.gov (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/): NIH- codes or disease state, and descriptors  Drug Data Report (Monthly) sponsored clinical trials. Search or browse by condition “Forecasts Trends Outlook” or “Product  Drugs of the Future (Monthly) or disease heading Development”  NDA Pipeline (Annual)  CenterWatch (http://www.centerwatch.com): Broader in  Gale Group Trade & Industry Database  Drugs under Experimental and coverage than clinicaltrials.gov. Browse by disease state (Dialog): Use heading “Pharmaceutical Clinical Research (Quarterly) Industry” and subheading “Research”  Yahoo|Health|Medicine|Clinical Trials  The Pink Sheet (weekly) along with topic of interest (http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/Clinical_Trials/):  Scrip World Pharmaceutical  FDC Reports: The Pink Sheet (Dialog Directory of clinical trials sites News (3 times weekly) and Lexis-Nexis): Search on drug name,  Company web sites: Look for “Research &  Marketletter (Weekly) Development” or “R&D” link therapeutic class, or disease; unindexed  Pharmaceutical Product  PHIND: SCRIP (Dialog): Search on drug  Recombinant Capital (http://www.recap.com/): Strong Approvals Monthly focus on the biotech industry; includes company name, therapeutic class, or disease; information, news, clinical trials unindexed  Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of  Health News Daily (Dialog): Daily America (PhRMA)|Genomics|Medical Therapeutics version of FDC Reports. (http://genomics.phrma.org/medicine.html):  InvesText (Dialog and Lexis-Nexis):  PharmaLive.com (https://www.pharmalive.com): Search company or industry Pharmaceutical industry news; well-categorized. Home  Adis R&D Insight, IMSworld R&D page for the following publications: Med Ad News, R&D Focus, Pharmaprojects, NDA Pipeline Directions, Pharmabusiness. (Dialog): Drug pipeline databases; not  Reuters Health (http://www.reutershealth.com): Health easy to search, but best sources of eLine (for the consumer) free; Industry Briefing and information on drugs in development Medical News (for the professional) fee-based  Drugs of the Future (Dialog)  Individual.com (http://www.individual.com): News-based  Drug Data Report (Dialog) service. Can set up “My Newspage” to monitor news  Drug News & Perspectives (Dialog) organized by sizable list of categories, including health  Newswires and pharmaceutical categories  Dialindex on Dialog (“pharmind” category)</p><p>Note: set up alerts in above databases to monitor topics of interest</p><p>1 Pharmaceutical Subject Area Web Resources Commercial Online Resources Printed Resources Drug Costs/Sales/Pricing  IMS Health (http://www.ims-health.com/): Selected list of  Business & Industry (Dialog and Lexis-  Drug Topics (April Issue) Annual sales figures for countries, therapeutic categories, etc. Nexis): Use descriptors such as “Costs” IMS Audit Statistics on Rx drugs  open.imshealth.com (http://www.open.imshealth.com/): along with “Pharmaceutical Preparations”  Pharmacy Times (April Issue) Fee-based access to comprehensive list of sales figures plus therpeutic class in the title field  American Druggist (February by product, country, therapeutic categories  Gale Group PROMT (Dialog and Lexis- Issue) Annual Top 200 Drugs  Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of Nexis): In Dialog, use pharmaceutical- Survey America (PhRMA) (http://www.phrma.org/): Links on the related SIC codes and event code 65 for home page lead to information on drug costs and sales “sales”  Mosby’s GenRx: Includes cost of figures and related news  Gale Group Trade & Industry Database therapy and pricing information  National Center for Health Statistics: Therapeutic (Dialog): Use heading “Drugs” and  Drug Topics Redbook: Drug Use (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drugs.htm) subheading “prices and rates” Wholesale prices for drugs Provides statistical data on the latest (1998) figures for Rx  TableBase (Dialog): Use “Forecasts” drug use patterns in ambulatory care and “Sales” as descriptors and  PCS Health Systems Performance Drug List therapeutic class in product name field (http://www.druglist.com/) Open a drug class for cost comparisons of different agents for a particular indication  Pharmacy Times (Annual top 200 Drugs List) (www.pharmacytimes.com/top200.html) IMS Health annual audit of Rx by sales and number of prescriptions sold; latest available is 1999. Note: set up alerts in above databases to monitor topics of interest Government & Regulatory  FDA Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER)  Federal Register (Dialog and Lexis-  FDC Reports The Pink Sheet, (http://www.fda.gov/cder/) Nexis): medium for notifying the public of Tan Sheet, Gold Sheet, Blue  FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research official agency actions, including Sheet (http://www.fda.gov/cber/index.html) regulations and legal notices  Pharmaceutical Product  National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov): Links Approvals Monthly to NIH institutes, centers, and offices, many of which  FDA Consumer Magazine (also have a disease focus on the web at  Federal Register http://www.fda.gov/fdac/301_toc. (www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html) Find html proposed and final drafts of all agency documents requiring public comment; notices of agency advisory meetings; searchable back to 1995  FOI (www.foiservices.com/index.htm) Select the search option for a list of document types available covering regulations or agency actions for human and animal drugs, biologics and foods (fulltext may be purchased)  RegSource (www.regsource.com/) A free portal for the latest regulatory and clinical trial news on drugs and devices  Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) (www.pcmanet.org): Click on “Government Affairs” to link to PCMA Bill Tracker to find status of pharmaceutical related legislation by state.</p><p>2 Pharmaceutical Subject Area Web Resources Commercial Online Resources Printed Resources Pharmaceutical Industry  Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of  Business & Industry (Dialog and Lexis-  Scrip World Pharmaceutical America (PhRMA) (http://www.phrma.org/): Select Nexis): Search “Pharmaceutical” in News “Publications” for the annual industry report, industry field  FDC Reports: The Pink Sheet, backgrounders, and other timely reports on drug  Gale Group PROMT (Dialog and Lexis- Tan Sheet, Gold Sheet development and costs Nexis): Search DRUG in industry name  Washington Drug Letter  European Pharmaceutical Marketing Research field  Marketletter Association (EPhMRA) (http://www.ephmra.org/)  Gale Group Trade & Industry Database  Med Ad News  American Pharmaceutical Association (AphA) (Dialog): Search “Pharmaceutical  Pharmabusiness (http://www.aphanet.org/): Major association for the Industry” in descriptor field pharmacy industry  FDC Reports: The Pink Sheet (Dialog  Drug Topics Magazine (http://dt.pdr.net/dt/public.htm? and Lexis-Nexis): Scope is already the path=features/toc.htm): Requires free registration; search pharmaceutical industry; no need to past issues for articles on internet pharmacies and other narrow search to this concept hot topics  PHIND: SCRIP (Dialog): Scope is already the pharmaceutical industry; no need to narrow search to this concept  Newswires  Dialindex on Dialog (“pharmind” category)</p><p>Note: set up alerts in above databases to monitor topics of interest Experts  Professional Organizations: Go to MEDLINEplus,  Encyclopedia of Associations (Dialog  Encyclopedia of Associations select “Other Resources” or “Health Topics”; look for and Lexis-Nexis) “Organizations” heading  Newswires: Search by topic of interest  Government Press Releases: Go to appropriate and includes words such as “expert*”, government agency “thought leader*” or “opinion leader*”  ClinicalTrials.gov (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/): NIH- sponsored clinical trials. Search or browse by condition or disease heading  CenterWatch (http://www.centerwatch.com): Browse by disease state  Yahoo|Health|Medicine|Clinical Trials (http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/Clinical_Trials/): Directory of clinical trials sites</p><p>3 Health & Medicine Subject Area Web Resources Commercial Online Resources Printed Resources Consumer Health  MEDLINEplus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/):  Gale Group Health & Wellness Plenty on the web. See following Health topics, prescription drug information, medical database (Dialog) MEDLINEplus link: dictionary  Business & Industry (Dialog and Lexis- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlinepl  healthfinder.gov (http://www.healthfinder.gov/): Nexis) us/publicationsontheweb.html Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human  Gale Group PROMT (Dialog and Lexis- Services; wide range of consumer-oriented health Nexis) information and links to key sites  Gale Group Trade & Industry Database  consumer.gov|health (Dialog: (http://www.consumer.gov/health.htm): Covers more  FDC Reports: The Pink Sheet (Dialog government agencies than healthfinder.gov and Lexis-Nexis)  CDC (http://www.cdc.gov): epidemiology (population)-  PHIND: SCRIP (Dialog and Lexis-Nexis) oriented health, including infectious diseases, injuries,  Newswires accidents, etc., along with data and statistics (see  Dialindex on Dialog (“pharmind” National Center for Health Statistics category) (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/)  National Institutes of Health (NIH) Health Information Note: set up alerts in above databases to (http://www.nih.gov/health/): Includes the Health monitor topics of interest Information Index to identify the appropriate NIH institute, center, or office for further information  Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) (http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html): Directory of consumer health resources created by MLA  WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/): Designed for health professionals  Medscape (http://www.medscape.com): Designed for health professionals  CBSHealthWatch (http://cbshealthwatch.medscape.com/homepage): The consumer counterpart to Medscape, a medical resource for health professionals Environment  MEDLINEplus|Health Topics|Poisoning, Toxicology,  BNA Daily News (Dialog and Lexis-  EPA National Service Environmental Health Topics Nexis) Center for Environmental (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/poisoningtoxicology Publications environmentalhealth.html) Note: set up alerts in above databases to (http://www.epa.gov/ncepiho  CDC National Center for Environmental Health monitor topics of interest m/catalog.html) (http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/)  Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/): Use the Search Engine to find information on toxic chemicals or browse through ToxFAQs selection  EPA (www.epa.gov) Select “Browse All Topics” for a list of subjects covered under Human Health  Toxline Database from National Library of Medicine (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/): Search for information on the toxicity of drugs and chemicals 4 Health & Medicine Subject Area Web Resources Commercial Online Resources Printed Resources Food & Nutrition  MEDLINEplus|Health Topics|Food Nutrition &  Gale Group Health & Wellness Consumer Information Center| Metabolism database (Dialog) Food (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodnutritionandmet (http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/food. abolism.html) htm)  MEDLINEplus|Health Topics|Food Safety (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodsafety.html)  FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/)  USDA (http://www.usda.gov)  USDA Food & Nutrition Information Center (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/)  USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/index.htm)  Gateway to Government Food Safety Information (http://www.foodsafety.gov/)</p><p>Disease States  MEDLINEplus|Health Topics  Gale Group Health & Wellness  Plenty on the web. See (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html) database (Dialog) following MEDLINEplus link:  WebMD Diseases & Conditions  Business & Industry (Dialog and Lexis- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlin (http://my.webmd.com/condition_center_all) Nexis): In Dialog, search disease in eplus/publicationsontheweb.ht  CDC Health Topics A-Z product name field ml (http://www.cdc.gov/health/diseases.htm)  Gale Group PROMT (Dialog and Lexis-  Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources Nexis): Search disease in product name (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html): A field directory of directories of Internet sites organized by  Gale Group Trade & Industry Database health/disease topic (Dialog): Search disease in descriptor  Reuters Health (http://www.reutershealth.com): Health field eLine (for the consumer) free; Industry Briefing and  FDC Reports: The Pink Sheet (Dialog Medical News (for the professional) fee-based and Lexis-Nexis)  Individual.com (http://www.individual.com): News-based  PHIND: SCRIP (Dialog and Lexis-Nexis) service. Can set up “My Newspage” to monitor news  Newswires organized by sizable list of categories, including health  Dialindex on Dialog (“pharmind” and pharmaceutical categories category)</p><p>Note: set up alerts in above databases to monitor topics of interest</p><p>5 Health & Medicine Subject Area Web Resources Commercial Online Resources Printed Resources Government & Regulatory  FirstGov.gov (www.firstgov.gov): Browse government  Federal Register (Dialog and Lexis- topic “Health” Nexis)  Google Uncle Sam (http://www.google.com/unclesam):  BNA Daily News (Dialog and Lexis- Searches only government pages Nexis)  Food and Drug Law Institute Journal  Business & Industry (Dialog and Lexis- (http://www.fdli.org/info/journalOL.html) Covers the FDA, Nexis) FTC and USDA with in depth articles about regulations  Gale Group PROMT (Dialog and Lexis- affecting the food, drug and device industries; use the Nexis): In Dialog, use descriptor “Food search engine to identify a list of articles on specific and Drug Administration” topics; links to fulltext pdf articles  Gale Group Trade & Industry Database  Food and Drug Law Institute Alerting Service (Dialog): In Dialog, use descriptor “Food (requires one-time free registration) and Drug Administration” (http://www.smartbrief.com/fdli/)  FDC Reports: The Pink Sheet (Dialog and Lexis-Nexis)  PHIND: SCRIP (Dialog and Lexis-Nexis)  Dialindex on Dialog (“pharmind” category)  Newswires</p><p>Note: set up alerts in above databases to monitor topics of interest Experts  Professional Organizations:  Encyclopedia of Associations (Dialog  Encyclopedia of o MEDLINEplus at and Lexis-Nexis) Associations http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organizations.  Newswires: Search by topic of interest html and includes words such as “expert”, o Yahoo at “thought leader” or “opinion leader” http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/Organization s/  Local Academic Institutions: Go to http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/, select relevant category, then select “Schools, Departments, Programs”  Government Press Releases: Contact names listed in the press release  ClinicalTrials.gov (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/): NIH- sponsored clinical trials. Search or browse by condition or disease heading  CenterWatch (http://www.centerwatch.com): Browse by disease state  Yahoo|Health|Medicine|Clinical Trials (http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/Clinical_Trials/): Directory of clinical trials sites</p><p>6 Health Care Industry Subject Area Web Resources Database Resources Printed Resources Health & Managed Care  Managed Care Information Center  BNA Health News Daily (Dialog and  Managed Care Information (http://www.themcic.com/): Select “News & Industry” for Lexis-Nexis) Center|Publications timely health care industry issues, news articles and links  Business & Industry (Dialog and Lexis- (http://www.themcic.com/allpu to managed care resources, health plans, associations, Nexis): In Dialog, search “Health Care bs.htm) consumer information, etc. Delivery” in industry name field  Gale Group PROMT (Dialog and Lexis- Nexis): In Dialog, use HLTH in industry name field  Gale Group Trade & Industry Database (Dialog): In Dialog, use HLTH in industry name field and “Managed Care” in descriptor field  FDC Reports: The Pink Sheet (Dialog and Lexis-Nexis)  PHIND: SCRIP (Dialog)  Newswires  Dialindex on Dialog (“pharmind” category)</p><p>Note: set up alerts in above databases to monitor topics of interest Policy  Kaiser Family Foundation (Health Policy Watch includes  BNA Health Care Policy Report (Lexis-  Managed Care Information free email alerts) (http://www.kaisernetwork.org/) Daily Nexis) Center|Publications reports on national health issues  BNA Health News Daily (Dialog and (http://www.themcic.com/allpu  Health Affairs Journal (http://www.healthaffairs.org/) Lexis-Nexis) bs.htm) Bimonthly journal focusing on health policy issues; some  Business & Industry (Dialog and Lexis- free fulltext articles available Nexis): In Dialog, search “Health Care  Institute of Medicine Delivery” in industry name field and (http://www4.nationalacademies.org/iom/iomhome.nsf/): “Government” in descriptor field and Select “Recent Reports” for in-depth health reports on “Policy” free text current topics like health care quality in America  Gale Group PROMT (Dialog and Lexis-  National Committee for Quality Assurance Nexis): In Dialog, search HLTH in (http://www.ncqa.org/): Select “Report Cards” for industry name field and “Government” in consumer-oriented information on the quality of health descriptor field and “Policy” free text care organizations  Gale Group Trade & Industry  Milbank Memorial Fund (endowed national foundation Database (Dialog): In Dialog, search that engages in nonpartisan analysis, study, research and “Managed Care” and “Policy” in communication on significant issues in health policy descriptor field (http://www.milbank.org/): Click on “Reports” for free  FDC Reports: The Pink Sheet (Dialog online health care reports like the “1998-1999 State and Lexis-Nexis) Health Care Expenditure Report”; quarterly journal  PHIND: SCRIP (Dialog) (http://www.milbank.org/quarterly.html) features peer-  Newswires reviewed articles exploring the social, legal and ethical  Dialindex on Dialog (“pharmind” aspects of health policy category)</p><p>Note: set up alerts in above databases to monitor topics of interest 7 Health Care Industry Subject Area Web Resources Database Resources Printed Resources Costs  HCFA (http://www.hcfa.gov/): Select Stats and Data for  BNA Health Care Policy Report (Lexis-  Managed Care Information national and state health expenditures Nexis) Center|Publications  Pennsylvania Health Care Costs Containment Council  BNA Health News Daily (Dialog and (http://www.themcic.com/allpu (http://www.phc4.org/default.htm Provides many “Public Lexis-Nexis) bs.htm) Reports” on health care utilization, trends and costs in  Business & Industry (Dialog and Lexis- Pennsylvania hospitals and ambulatory health care Nexis): In Dialog, search “Health Care  Healthcare Costs & Utilization Project Delivery” in industry name field and (http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm Click on “Costs” in descriptor Start HCUPnet and choose a database to search on  Gale Group PROMT (Dialog and Lexis- national and state utilization costs and trends based on a Nexis): In Dialog, search HLTH in nationwide inpatient sample by disease treated industry name field and and “Costs” free  State Health Care Expenditure Report (1998-1999) text March 2001  Gale Group Trade & Industry (http://www.milbank.org/1998shcer/index.html) by the Database (Dialog): In Dialog, search Milbank Memorial Fund HLTH in industry name field and and “Costs” free text  FDC Reports: The Pink Sheet (Dialog and Lexis-Nexis)  PHIND: SCRIP (Dialog)  Newswires  Dialindex on Dialog (“pharmind” category)</p><p>Note: set up alerts in above databases to monitor topics of interest</p><p>8 Health Care Industry Subject Area Web Resources Database Resources Printed Resources Government  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality  BNA Health Care Policy Report (Lexis- Agency for Healthcare (www.ahcpr.gov): Find clinical reseach, consumer Nexis) Research and Quality| information, data and surveys in quality research for  BNA Health News Daily (Dialog and Publications & Products improved health care Lexis-Nexis) (http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/pubs  National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov/)  Business & Industry (Dialog and Lexis- ix.htm)  State Departments of Health Nexis) (http://www.health.state.pa.us/,  Gale Group PROMT (Dialog and Lexis- http://www.health.state.ny.us/, etc.): State departments Nexis) of health feature timely public health reports on topics of  Gale Group Trade & Industry interest like the West Nile Virus information at the NY Database (Dialog) website  FDC Reports: The Pink Sheet (Dialog (http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/westnile/index.htm and Lexis-Nexis) )  PHIND: SCRIP (Dialog)  FDA (http://www.fda.gov/)  Newswires  Department of Health and Human Services  Dialindex on Dialog (“pharmind” (www.dhhs.gov): Choose “Select a Topic” or use the category) search engine Note: set up alerts in above databases to monitor topics of interest Experts  Professional Organizations:  Encyclopedia of Associations (Dialog  Encyclopedia of o Go to the Managed Care Information Center site and Lexis-Nexis): Search “Health Plans” Associations at in the descriptor field  The National Directory of http://www.themcic.com/industry/mcweb.htm#Indu  Newswires: Search by topic of interest Managed Care stry for a list of industry associations and includes words such as “expert”, Organizations o Go to “thought leader” or “opinion leader” http://www.kaisernetwork.org/ref_links/reflinks_ass ociations.cfm for a list of professional organizations</p><p> Government Agencies (see row above)</p><p>9</p>