Pharmaceutical

InSite Pro supports the pharmaceutical field by providing information covering many aspects of this industry. Some of the subjects included are biotechnology, drug approval, research and development, drug discovery, environmental regulations, generic drugs, health care reform, intellectual property, marketing and promotion, modern medicines, drug cost estimates, prices and profits and more.

The three databases that are commonly used to research these topics in greater depth are PROMT, Trade & Industry and Newsletter Database. Sample searches are provided to illustrate how these files complement each other.

PROMT: As a leading source of industry and business publications, PROMT provides information on a multitude of products, processes and other topics related to drugs and pharmaceuticals. It is a major source for researchers who are searching for the latest news on emerging technologies, product testing, license agreements, manufacturing processes, environmental issues, legislative and regulatory actions in addition to business developments and market share data.

PROMT can also be used to research activities of known competitors, as well as some of the major players in the business, both domestically and internationally. Its content will enable you to monitor the new sales of medical breakthroughs like vaccines or drugs and the royalty arrangements or partnerships that are being forged as a result. You can monitor new drug applications and clinical trials and uncover related financial issues.

Trade & Industry is another leading multi-industry database covering international company, industry, product and market information. For the pharmaceutical, health and biotechnology industries, it offers strong complementary coverage to PROMT in financials, market applications, contracts, legislative matters, management, forecasts and industry trends.

Both PROMT and Trade & Industry contain the Company Intelligence database including company profiles for international private and public companies with links between company directory records and journal articles about a particular company or industry. Included among these are many biotechnology and pharmaceutical corporations.

Newsletter Database is an excellent choice for keeping current on industry expert opinion and analysis in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and health. With its complete, full text coverage of some of the most respected industry newsletters, you can monitor market conditions and R&D activities from an insider's perspective, research new drug developments, look up mergers & acquisitions or newly forged partnerships, or get the details of government regulations and funded programs.

A Business Development Manager in your organization would like an update on who is introducing new pharmaceutical products and what the current forecasts are for the industry.

1) Looking in PROMT to highlight some recent articles on product development, the following search strategies can be used:

Search Strategy

Select Fielded Search
In the Product Code field, type 283*
In the publication date field, select Greater than from the drop down list and enter 19970100
In the event name field, select these entries from the drop down list: Product Development, Product Information, and Product Introduction.
Click Search

You will notice multiple publications represented on the list of titles and a variety of pharmaceutical products and companies covered.

2) Next we will move into Trade & Industry to look at industry forecasts and get more details on some of the companies we read about in PROMT.

Search Strategy

Select Browse Thesaurus
Type in pharmaceutical industry and click search.
When viewing the thesaurus, you will see a high number of hits next to Pharmaceutical Industry.
Select the sub-topic Forecasts.Notice a range of articles covering broad industry forecasts as well as forecasts for specific aspects of the industry.

Alternate Strategy

Select Command Search
Type su pharmaceutical industry and su forecast! and click Search.

To look up company information on some of the players involved, i.e. Glaxo Wellcome, proceed in the following way:

Strategy

Select Browse Thesaurus
Type Glaxo Wellcome and click search
Scroll down to the entry that reads: Glaxo Wellcome Inc. (Company Directory Record)

At the bottom the company profile you will find information about the company's parent company or subsidiaries. On the left, highlighted and underscored in blue, are hyperlinks to other related items of interest, in this case, the SIC code under which the company category falls, and articles about Glaxo Wellcome. You can select the articles about the company at this point, or you can back up two screens and view the Glaxo Wellcome Inc. subtopics folder to quickly identify the type of information you need.

Under the sub-topics of Glaxo Wellcome, you can view their recent contracts, patents, product development and introduction campaigns, along with other reports about the direction the company is taking in fields such as HIV research.

3) In Newsletter Database, we will look for additional articles on trends from industry insiders and experts.

Strategy

Select Fielded Search
In the Free Text field, type drug! or pharmaceutical! or biotech* and click search
You can then narrow your results by clicking on Refine Search and typing in future or trend! or forecast* or outlook or predict*

Newsletter Database is also ideal for delving into research studies and new findings reported in industry specific newsletters, for example:

Search Strategy

Select Command Search
Type kt (HIV and research) and in (biotechnology or "medical and health")
Click Search

Alternate Strategy

Select Fielded Search
In the Free Text field, type HIV and research, in the publication date field, click the radio button next to From and enter 19970100, and in the Industry Category field, select Biotechnology and Medical and Health from the drop down list.
Click Search

You will get a number of articles covering the progress of HIV research. To further restrict the search, select Refine Search at the top, and type in Gene Therapy to see what progress has been made in this specific field of research, from an "expert's" viewpoint.