Business FAQ
Pipeline
- BloombergUse BI PHRM DEX
to look for drugs by name, indication or mechanism of action. - PharmaprojectsPharmaprojects covers pharmaceutical research and development across global markets with 90,000+ drug profiles, including 20,000 drugs in active development.
- Refinitiv WorkspaceUse the HCARE command to open up the Healthcare Intelligence feature. Use the Filter picker to search for drugs in development by indication, then drill into the results to select other criteria such as phase of development.
Clinical Trials
- TrialtroveMonitors drug trials throughout their life cycle, providing insights into trial timing benchmarks, enrollment successes and failures, accrual details and study results. Screen on variables ranging from therapeutic class to trial phase to sponsor to treatment duration. Part of the Informa Pharma Intelligence platform in the Citeline suite.
- SitetroveA different perspective on clinical trials, oriented toward the investigator and the trial site. Designed to Part of the Informa Pharma Intelligence platform in the Citeline suite.
- Clinicaltrials.govListing of clinical studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal agencies, private industry, and nonprofit organizations.
- International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)Sponsored by the World Health Organization. This aggregator site pulls trial information from other registries, e.g metaRegister of Controlled Trials, Chinese Clinical Trials Register, etc.
- ISRCTNSearch across UK-sponsored trials, as well as US-sponsored trials pulled from Clinicaltrials.gov.
Regulation
- Drug and Biological Approval ReportsListing of approved New Drug Applications (NDAs), Biological Licensing Applications (BLAs), New Molecular Entity Drugs (NMEs), and New Biologics. Also includes statistics on approval times and approval rates.
- Drugs@FDASearch by drug name, active ingredient, or application number to receive a drug details report including therapeutic equivalents and approval history
- European Medicines Agency (EMEA)European drug regulatory agency.
- FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)U.S. Agency involved in new drug development and review, generic drug review, over-the-counter drug review, and post drug approval activities.
- Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence EvaluationsAlso includes patent and exclusivity information.
- Purple Book: Lists of Licensed Biological Products with Reference Product Exclusivity and Biosimilarity or Interchaneability EvauatiosThe “Purple Book” lists biological products, including any biosimilar and interchangeable biological products, licensed by FDA under the Public Health Service Act (the PHS Act)
Approval News
- FactivaR&D Focus Drug News (published by IQVIA) is a source for IND and NDA announcements. To search for these items, navigate to Search -- Search Builder and try the following:
rst=(rdfn) and ((ind or investigational or nda or new drug) near10 (file* or submi* or appli*)). FDANews Drug Daily Bulletin is another publication that tracks this type of information: search for rst=fdadb. - Nexis UniCovers several publications that track news about drug approvals, such as Scrip and the Pink Sheet. To search these items, type the desired source into the main search bar. Locate the source on the auto-populated dropdown list of sources that appears, and click the magnifying glass+ button to add the source to your search.
Business Research Librarian
Marcella Barnhart
Contact:
Lippincott Library
Van Pelt/Dietrich Library Center
3420 Walnut Street
2nd floor, room 256
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Van Pelt/Dietrich Library Center
3420 Walnut Street
2nd floor, room 256
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-8755
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