Search Support FAQ
Common questions that come up during training sessions
- Where do you get your information from?
- What patent data do you have? How up to date is this information?
- What is the difference between active and fully-launched?
- How often is the information updated?
- When/Why do you need to use brackets (parentheses)?
- What is the difference between Primary and Any?
- What does the pill symbol mean?
- What is the difference between Quick search and searching using the drug profile search?
- What are the differences between the CD-ROM and the web version?
- What is search history?
- Is it possible to save searches for retrieval later?
- How is a licensing opportunity defined? Where does the information about licensing opportunities come from? How often is this updated?
- How does biotechnology classification work? Does it work in combination with an indication?
- What is the market size?
- How do you find all drugs that are/have been in development in the US?
- Does PP include forecast sales data?
- How often are chemical structures added? Does not seem to be as often as other databases.
- Contact the editor- how much information can we provide?
- What is the alerts service, and do we do email alerts?
- Is the pharmacokinetic information referenced? Where can I find the source of the pharmacokinetic data?
- Is it possible to link through from the drugs listed in the therapy profiles to the drugs themselves?
- Is it possible to drill down via the graph to get to more specific information?
- Is it possible to sort columns by world status?
