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IDdb3 IS A WEB-BASED DATABASE OF MANY TYPES OF INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
Are you looking for many types of drug pipeline information in one place? Interested in locating current pharmaceutical patent, company, or conference information? Do you need quick and easy access to this information? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, IDdb (Investigational Drugs Database) from Current Drugs Ltd. is an important source to consider. A new version of IDdb, IDdb3, provides access to this information, as well as access to additional sources of related information using a similar interface. The focus of this database is pharmaceutical information from discovery (early disclosures of potential new drugs) to recently launched drugs.
IDdb3 is a Web-based database of many types of information relevant to the pharmaceutical industry (www.iddb3.com). Its mission is to be "the world's foremost, integrated intelligence service-essential for everyone in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector." (www.current-drugs.com/products/IDdb3/home. html) It contains drug summaries, patent information, company profiles, a pharmaceutical alerting service, retrospective conference information, and optional links to other sources of related information.
IN THE PIPELINE
IDdb3 is not the only drug pipeline database available on the market [1-31. Other drug pipeline databases include: R&D Insight by Adis International (www. adis.com), R&D Focus by IMS Health (www.imshealth.com), Pharmaprojects by PJB (www.pjbpubs.com), and Ensemble by Prous Science (www.prous.com). These databases focus primarily on summaries of drugs in the pipeline. Some of these companies also produce related products with a similar focus to the other types of information included in IDdb. For example, IMS Health also produces Pharmaceutical Company Profiles (which gives detailed information on pharmaceutical companies) and Patents International (which focuses on pharmaceutical patents). Still other companies have products with a similar focus to portions of IDdb. For example, Derwent Information (www. derwent.com) makes available Derwent World Drug Alerts, a patent, literature, and conference alerting product, which is available in various formats.
IDdb3 can be used both by information professionals and end-users, depending on the information philosophy and strategy within an organization. In either case, it is recommended that all users be given training to maximize the benefits of their use of the database.
FAST ALERT
IDdb3 began in 1991 as Current Patents' Fast Alert. It later evolved to include...