- An essential resource
- for general reference and competitive and technological intelligence.
The reviews agree!
- "The most useful and cost-effective resource with the information you need to understand biopharmaceutical products and the industry."
- Emphasis on biotechnology and commercial aspects - composition, activity, nomenclature, companies involved and relationships,
manufacturing processes, patents/technology transfer, regulatory history/status, approved indications, prices, market size/share, controversial aspects, etc.
- Over 580 product monographs - includes all:
- recombinant and other proteins
- antibodies - monoclonal, radioimmune conjugates
- vaccines, including biodefense vaccines
- enzymes and toxins
- blood products - human and animal-derived
- cultured cell and tissue products
- and other products, e.g., vaccine adjuvants, antisense drugs, borderline drugs/biopharmaceuticals
- Coverage - Includes all biopharmaceuticals approved in the U.S. or European Union, plus those with filings expected in 2008-9,
those with approvals withdrawn or with applications denied or withdrawn in recent years, and other recent notable and historical products
- Database updated quarterly - will be up-to-date (into Oct. 2008) in November; now in 10th edition/generation, >8.2 million characters; >1.1 million words
[Last year's (9/2007) book 6th edition was 2 vol.,
1602 pages.]
- Indexes - In-depth, highly controlled indexing and relational links provide unprecedented access to
biopharmaceutical products and companies; ~32,000 index entries (ave. >50/product)
- Product indexes - Products/Active Agents (nomenclature), Class, Biological,
Chemical, Medical, Market Size,
Expression System/Host Cell/Source, Regulatory/Status and
Approval Date Indexes
- Company indexes -
Company, Company Role, Country, State, and Marketing Territory Indexes
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