20 Essential Databases for Industrial Pharmacists
There are a list of key pharma databases are providing critical data for drug development, market analysis, regulatory compliance, and competitive intelligence.
1. Drugs@FDA: Provides information on FDA-approved drugs, including labeling, approval history, and therapeutic equivalence.
Website: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf
2. EMA (European Medicines Agency): Offers data on medicines approved in the European Union, including assessment reports and regulatory updates.
Website: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines
3. FDA Orange Book: Lists approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations, essential for generic drug development.
Website: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/ob
4. ClinicalTrials.gov: Tracks ongoing and completed clinical trials worldwide, crucial for understanding competitor pipelines.
Website: https://clinicaltrials.gov
5. BCS Database: The largest open source database of biopharmaceutical classification system for identifying drug solubility and permeability.
Website: https://www.pharmaspecialists.com/p/available-bcs-classification-of-drugs.html
6. MDD Database: An open source database of maximum daily dose of drugs.
Website: https://www.pharmaspecialists.com/p/maximum-daily-dose-mdd-database.html
7. Patentscope (WIPO): Provides access to international patent applications, including pharmaceutical patents.
Website: https://patentscope.wipo.int
8. USPTO Patent Database: Tracks U.S. pharmaceutical patents and intellectual property.
Website: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/search
9. Espacenet: A free patent database maintained by the European Patent Office.
Website: https://worldwide.espacenet.com
10. IQVIA (formerly IMS Health): Provides pharmaceutical market data, sales analytics, and industry trends.
Website: https://www.iqvia.com
11. Statista: Offers statistics and market data on the pharmaceutical industry, including revenue and R&D spending.
Website: https://www.statista.com
12. Citeline (formerly Informa Pharma Intelligence): Tracks drug pipelines, clinical trials, and competitor strategies.
Website: https://citeline.com
13. FAERS (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System): Tracks adverse drug reactions reported to the FDA, essential for pharmacovigilance.
Website: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/questions-and-answers-fdas-adverse-event-reporting-system-faers
14. VigiBase: The WHO global database of individual case safety reports, used for monitoring drug safety.
Website: https://www.who-umc.org/vigibase
15. GoodRx: Tracks drug pricing and discounts in the U.S. market.
Website: https://www.goodrx.com
16. OTC Drug Database: Provide the list of FDA approved OTC drugs.
Website: https://pharmadigests.com/fda-otc-drug-list/
17. Pregnancy Category Drug Database: A list common drugs with pregnancy category based on TGA.
Website: https://pharmadigests.com/pregnancy-category-drug-list-a-b/
18. PubMed: A free resource for accessing biomedical literature, including pharmaceutical research.
Website: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
19. PSG Database: FDA Product-Specific Guidances for Generic Drug Development
Website: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
20. FDA Inspection Database: FDA issued 483’s during inspection of pharmaceutical industry.
Website: https://www.pharmaspecialists.com/2023/01/fda-inspection-database.html
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