Assembled by Alexandria Brackett
Drug information — what does that mean? It’s an incredibly broad topic: Some resources cover progress on drug development and industry, some resources offer drug interaction details, some resources identify generic options for trade name drugs. Here you’ll find a curated collection across all of these areas and more. Feel free to reach out with any questions!
Recommended Resources
- ClinicalKey – Drug Monographs – ClinicalKey is an online resource designed to provide answers to clinical questions. ClinicalKey draws from a collection of clinical resources covering most medical and surgical specialty.
- DailyMed – National Library Medicine (NLM) database that provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States.
- Litt’s D.E.R.M. Database – Litt’s Drug Eruption and Reaction (D.E.R.M.) Database allows you to search the profiles of generic and trade name drugs, while also providing references that link directly to PubMed.
- The Medical Letter – Critical appraisals of new prescription drugs and comparative reviews of drugs for common diseases.
- Natural Medicines – Combines the Natural Standard and the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database resources.
Drug Industry Information Resources
- Medscape – News & Perspective – Medscape Reference offers medical news, expert interpretations of news, point-of-care information, drug and disease information, and opportunities for CME.
- Business Source Complete – Offers full-text access to top scholarly business journals, magazines, & trade publications, dating back as far as 1886. Also offers access to industry profiles, company reports & SWOT analyses, market research, & country reports.
- IBISWorld – Features key statistics, product segmentation, and outlooks/forecasts for over 700 US industries. Also includes Global, UK, & China reports.
Drug Development Resources
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Research Guide – This guide features resources made available by the Yale University Library that students can use to learn about industries, research competitors, and understand markets.
ClinicalTrials.gov – NLM database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world.
Patient Volume Data – The Patient Volume Databases offer access to nationwide patient samples to track activity in various treatment settings. Statistics available may include discharge rates, demographic information, concomitant diagnoses and/or procedures, and drug information. The databases cover a large number of ICD-9 codes, and are also searchable by keyword.
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) – The Cochrane Library is produced by the Cochrane Collection and is a collection of databases designed to provide high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision making. CENTRAL is a highly concentrated source of reports of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials.