PHARMACEUTICAL RESOURCES
SEARCH ENGINES,
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SCIRUS (comprehensive
scientific information search)
AskJeeves (Meta) Metacrawler (Meta) Dogpile
(Meta)
Columbia Encyclopedia (6th edition)
Martindale's : The Reference Desk including Health
Sciences Guide - 2002
The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
Biotechfind - A
biotech search engine
LITERATURE DATABASES
PubMed - National
Library of Medicine's search service MEDLINE - free abstracts and simple search
TOXNET - Hazardous
Substance Data Bank, Mutagenicity Test Data, 2D and
3D Information from NCI
MEDLINE Plus Health Information
ChemIDplus - Chemical
structures and nomenclature (needs Chime plug-in)
Agricola - Agricultural Online
Access (need to search for IACUC protocol)
Full-Text
and Bibliographic Databases of US Patents - US
patent and Trademark Office
Europe's Network of
Patent Databases - Worldwide, European, US and Japan
Beilstein
Abstracts - Titles, abstracts and citations from top
journals of organic chemistry
Sigma-Aldrich Technical Library
BioMedNet - An
online biological and medical research community
The
Library of Congress - Details of published texts
Pharmaceutical Century - Ten
Decades of Drug Discovery
CLINICAL MEDICINE
WebMD - A
comprehensive updated text of internal medicine
Doctor's Guide
- Latest information !
Merck
Medicus - An excellent internet clinical
resources for physicians and pharmacists
Medscape CME
Center - An excellent collection
of Continuing Medical Education programs (papers and
streaming video)
VIRTUAL Hospital -
Educational materials for healthcare providers by
Recently
Approved Drugs/Indications
Lab Tests and Interpretive Guide - Lab
Corporation of
Online
Clinical Calculator -
New Guidelines for Cholesterol
Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation -
Merck
Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Alphabetical
List of Specific Diseases/Disorders - Karolinska
Institute
RxList
- Comprehensive drug name cross index and TOP 200 Rx Drugs
ACHOO ! Healthcare Online - A
great source of information for doctors and patients - also links to thousands
of health-related sites across the net
Emergency
Medicine - Hundreds of chapters in searchable format
Emergency
Medicine Informatics -
Journal Club on
the Web - An interactive medical literature reviews
Stayhealthy.com
- One of the best sources of monographs with photographs of
dosage forms
Illegal Drugs - Office of the
National Drug Control Policy
New Guidelines for Cholesterol
Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
Medical
Matrix - Ranked, peer
reviewed, annotated, updated clinical medicine resources
Doctors'
Guide - Medical and professional information of
diseases and drugs
UpToDate
- Current information on several disease states
Pharmacometrics (Mathematical
treatment of biological data)
A brief anatomy and physiology of human body
History of
Diseases - by Karolinska Institutet
Cardiovascular
Pharmacology
Introduction
to Cardiothoracic Imaging - Overview of chest and cardiac
diagnostic imaging
Cadiovascular
and Autonomic Pharmacology - The
virtual lab is great!
Cardiovascular Pharmacology - A
programmed text
Heart Surgery -
Quick time videos of heart surgery
Clinical Trials
New
Medicines in Development - PhRMA
Office of the
Human Research Protection
Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR Part 46)
Clinical Trials
Listing Service - Listing of more than 35,000 clinical
trials and recently approved drug
therapies
ClinicalTrials.gov
- Latest clinical trial listing by NIH and NLM
Seeking a Perfect Protocol - An
article on study design
Medical Immunology
& Infectious Diseases
Antibiotic
Guide - by
Clinical
Antibiotics Tutorial - An
excellent site for self-learners
Infectious
Disease Services - AZ Dept of Health
John
Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases Antibiotic Guide - including
Palm antibiotic guide
Dr Stuart's Immunology Lecture
Bacteriology at University of Wisconsin - Madison
Infection
& Immunity -
Virtual Bacterial ID Lab -
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Traveladvice - Center for
Disease Control and Department of Health, UK
Neuropharmacology and
Alzheimer's Research
Beta Amyloid as a Potential
Target
Explore the Brain and Spinal Cord
Actions
of Drugs on CNS - Very resourceful
Neurotransmitters
and Chemical Signaling Agents - A brief compilation
Combating Alzheimer's - A news
story
MRI of Brain
- Animated GIF
Neurological Disorders - National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Nuclear Medicine and
Radiology
Radiopharmaceutical
Drug Information -
Indiana
University, Department of Radiology
Oncology
Apoptosis - A general scheme
Advanced
Body Surface Area Calculator
Cancer
Track - A compilation of
valuable links on Cancer, Signal Transduction and Gene Expression by Dr. Appu Rathinavelu
OncoLink -
Disease oriented menus, medical specialty oriented menus
ONCOLOGY.COM - A comprehensive
source of neoplastic diseases and drugs in use
Understanding Angiogenesis - A
simple site on basics of angiogenesis
Methods of administering liposomal
encapsulated taxane
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
List of Approved Oncology Drugs with Approved Indications - by
FDA
Naturally Ocuring Rodent
Carcinogens in human diet
Pediatrics
Monthly Review of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy
Pharmacology
Medical
Pharmacology Modules - Lecture handouts and
QuickTime audio
Study
Questions for Pharmacology
Nuclear Receptor Resources - A
short overview of receptors
Autonomic Pharmacology - A
programmed text
Lecture
notes of Autonomic Pharmacology
Active Learning in Pharmacology - Test
your knowledge of pharmacology !
Pharmacology
Self-Assessment Exam
Osteoporosis
and Bone Physiology
11th
Hour - A great site for last minute
exam preparation
Poison control
Canadian
poisonous plant information system - Information on over
250 plants that are poisonous in livestock, pets and human.
PHARMACY PRACTICE
PDR (Physicians' Desk Reference) -
Searchable database of prescription drugs, multiple drug interaction checker
trusted by the physicians - Searchable database of
prescription drugs, multiple drug interaction checker trusted by the physicians -
Searchable database of prescription drugs, multiple drug interaction checker
trusted by the physicians
PharmaLexicon - A
dictionary of pharmaceutical medicine
Drug Information
- by Drug facts and Comparisons
US Drug
Identification List - 600 color photographs of
tablets and capsules
BioDefinitions - A
collection of commonly used terms in pharmacy and biotechnology
Electronic
Orange Book - AUTHENTIC info on approved drug products
with therapeutic equivalence
VIRTUAL Pharmacy - Pharmacy,
Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
Drug Doses of Commonly Prescribed Medications
-
FDA's
MedWatch - Safety
notifications, labeling changes, recalls and legal notifications
Consumer Web
Site of American Pharmaceutical Association
Top 200
Prescriptions in 2001 by number of US prescriptions dispensed
Top 200 Brand-Name Drugs by Retail Sales in 2001
Top 200 Generic Drugs by Retail Sales in 2001
Buying
Medical Products Online ? Is it safe
?
BioSpace.com
- Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology news
Measuring
Units Conversion Tables
A Guide to Biotechnology Company
products
Drug Interactions
Cytochrome P
450 Interactions - An
excellent compilation
Grapefruit
Juice and Drug Interactions
Food
and Drug Interactions - by FDA and National Consumers
League
Online
Interaction Checker - Drug facts
Statistics
Statistical
Calculation Pages - Interactive pages on all statistical
tests, from analysis to experimental design
Statistical
Calculators - interactive calculators on which you can run
your stats
Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations
Introduction
to SPSS for Windows
Pharmacokinetics
Acid - Base Tutorial
- An excellent page biopharmaceutics
and clinical aspects of acid - base physiology and pharmacology
A First Course in
Pharmacokinetics & Biopharmaceutics - Dr.
David Bourne,
Basic Pharmacokinetics on the Web -
Online Pharmacokinetic Simulations
Basic
and Clinical Pharmacokinetics Handouts -
A Short
Course on Clinical Pharmacokinetics -
Extemporaneous
Compounding
Secundum Artem -
Techniques and procedures for extemporaneous compounding
The
Practice of Pharmacy Compounding - FDA regulations on
compounding practice
Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA)
PharmacyOneSource - Drug
info, career resources, student resources, directories, surveys etc
Vaginal Excipients - A
comprehensive source of vaginal excipients
Compounding
Formulas from Recent Journal Literature
FLAVORx
- To make the medicines a lot less yucky !
ONLINE
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Pharmacists'
Learning Assistance Network (PLAN) - by ACPE
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
National Community Pharmacists Association
A
Compilation of Continuing Education by USPHS - Pharmacy Programs
US Pharmacist - FREE
CE
Free C E - Free CE
POWER PAK C.E.
- Free CE
ALTERNATIVE
MEDICINE
Alternative Medicine Center - A
comprehensive collection of most popular alternative medicines
HerbMed
- Evidence based herbal database - an excellent source with PubMed links
Basic
Principles of "Ayurveda" - A
holistic system of healing which evolved some 3000-5000 years ago in India
Ayurvedic Institute and Incompatible
Food Combinations
Ayurvedwebline.com
- The art of living
National Center for Complimentary & Alternative
Medicine at NIH
A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve - The HTML version of the text first published in 1931
Alternative
and Complimentary Medicine Center -
Lists herbal remedies specific to each disease state
Medherb.com
- Information on pharmacology and adverse effects of herbs
Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the US
Homeopathic
Pathophysiology and Therapeutics
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary
Supplements (IBIDIS) Database
Nutrition
and Dietetics Interactive site
Food
and Nutrition Information Center - National Agricultural
Library and USDA - links to 70 sites on herbal substances, vitamins, minerals
and dietary supplements
Vitamins
and Mineral Information - Links to authentic sites on
vitamins and minerals
Center for
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - Sponsored by Food and
Drug Administration
Health Finder - A
service of the US Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Koop.com -
Fronted by Dr. C. Everett Koop - former surgeon general
Medscape - By
doctors for doctors
Netwellness -
"Ask an expert" feature
Healthwell -
Log on to a healthier life
Delicious-Online -
Natural doctor and delicious kitchen
Drug InfoNet - Information and links
concerning healthcare and pharmaceutical topics
ONLINE
PHARMACEUTICAL/MEDICAL JOURNALS (.pdf or .html files)
Pharmacy Practice and
Clinical Medicine Journals -
most journals offer full .pdf texts
Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics - Abstracts
American
Family Physician - Includes a series of clinical quizzes !
American
Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
Annals
of Oncology - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Breast
Cancer Research & Treatment - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Cancer
Causes and Control - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Colorectal Disease - Abstracts
FDA
Consumer - A magazine of the US FDA
Helicobacter - Abstracts
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding
Investigational
New Drugs - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
International Journal of Cosmetic Science – Abstracts
Journals of the
American Medical Association - Including JAMA, Archives of
Internal Medicine, Archives of Family Medicine, Archives of Neurology etc.
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
– Abstracts
Liver - Abstracts
New England Journal
of Medicine
Pharmacy Times
- You can ask a compounding question !
Pharmacy
World and Science - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Substance
Abuse - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
The Journal of
Pharmacy Technology
The Pfizer
Journal - Perspectives on
Health Care and Biomedical Research
Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Journals
Adsorption
- Kluwer E-Journal abstracts
Advanced
Drug Delivery Reviews – Abstracts
Advanced
Performance Materials - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Biological &
Pharmaceutical Bulletin - Free
full texts
Biomaterials – Abstracts
Chemical &
Pharmaceutical Bulletin - Free
full texts
Colloid
Journal - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Colloids and Surfaces A :
Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects -
Table of contents only
Critical
Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems -
Table of contents only
Drug Delivery - Abstracts
Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy -
Abstracts only
Encyclopedia of Materials - Trial subscription
European
Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics -
Abstracts
European
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Abstracts
International
Journal of Pharmaceutics - Abstracts
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research -
Abstracts
Journal of Chromatography B :
Biomedical Sciences & Applications
Journal
of Controlled Release - Abstracts and my personal
subscription
Journal of Drug Targeting –
Abstracts
Journal
of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts
Journal of Microencapsulation
- Abstracts
Journal
of Nanoparticle Research - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences -
Abstracts
Journal
of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Analysis - Abstracts
Journal
of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics -
Kluwer E-Journal abstracts
Journal of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology – Abstracts
Journal
of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Online
journal of Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences - Free full texts
Journal
of Polymer Research - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Journal
of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts
Pharmaceutical
Development and Technology - Abstracts only
Pharmaceutical
Research - Kluwer E-Journal
abstracts
Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Today -
Abstracts
Pharmacy
& Pharmacology Communications - Abstracts
PharmSci
- Online journal of AAPS - Free
full texts Free
full texts
Thermochimica Acta -
Table of contents only
Pharmacology/Molecular
Biology/Biotechnology Journals
BioTechniques
- A journal of molecular biology and biotechnology
BioTechnology
Journals on the Web
Biotechnology
Letters - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Brazilian
Journal of Medical and Biological Research - Full
articles .pdf files
Cancer
and Metastasis Reviews - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Cellular
and Molecular Neurobiology - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Clinical
Biochemistry - Abstracts
European Journal of Neuroscience - Abstracts
European
Journal of Pharmacology - Abstracts
FEBS
Letters - Abstracts
Journal of Neurochemistry - Abstracts
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Abstracts
Molecular
Biology - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Molecular
Immunology - Abstracts
Nature Reviews - Cancer - Table
of contents and summary
Nature Reviews - Drug Discovery - Table
of contents and summary
Nature Reviews - Genetics - Table
of contents and summary
Nature Reviews - Immunology - Table
of contents and summary
Nature Reviews - Molecular Cell Biology - Table
of contents and summary
Nature Reviews - Neuroscience - Table
of contents and summary
Neurochemical
Research - Kluwer
E-Journal abstracts
Pain
- Abstracts
ReCap Signals - Online magazine of
biotechnology industry analysis
The Scientist
- Full articles .pdf files
Trade Journals
American
Pharmaceutical Reviews
Pharmaceutical
Formulation & Quality
E-MAIL HEALTH/DRUG ALERT SERVICES
Contents
Direct - Free e-mail service that
delivers Elsevier Science book and journal tables of contents
Medscape's Medpulse - An
alert service for latest drug news
Doctor's
Guide E-Mail Edition - An alert service for health
professionals
Publications E-mail Alert Service of American Medical
Association
FEDERAL HEALTH & GUIDELINE
RELATED RESOURCES
Food and Drug Administration - Take a Virtual Tour of FDA
Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) - Guidelines
Center
for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) -
Hand-book contains info on new, generic and OTC drugs as well as interactive
flow charts describing review process
Guidance Documents
21CFRPART11.com
- Information on FDA guidelines
Center for Veterinary Medicine
Center for Devices
and Radiological Health
Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21- Food and Drugs
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - As amended by the
FDA modernization act of 1997
National Center
for Health Statistics (NCHS)
The European Agency
for the Evaluation of Medicinal products
U S Agency for
Health Care Administration
U S Department of
Health and Human Services
U S Government Information Exchange
US Agency of Health Care Policy and Research
National Women's
Health Information Center
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Membrane Transport and Bioelectric Activity - An
excellent coverage on physicochemical basis of transport processes
GLP Manual - World Health Organization
Articles Published in Drug Delivery Technology
From Test Tube to Patient : New
Drug Development in the United States
Biomaterials
at Texas A & M University
Biomaterials Network - Links
related to biomaterials, biomedical engineering & medicine
Gene Therapy - A valuable source of
gene therapy links
Polymers in Controlled Drug Delivery - by
Dr. Lisa Brannon-Peppas
Laboratory
of Liposome Research - by Dr. R. A. Schwendner,
Dissolution Test Development for Pharmaceuticals
Dissolution
Discussion Group - by Vankel
Corporation
Lipid
Bank for Web - An excellent compilation of lipid
physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties of lipids
Transdermal Patch Anatomy - an animation by 3M
Structural
Parameters of Aqueous Phospholipid Mixtures
Lipid-DAT
- Lipid database
The Surfactants
Virtual Library
Elan
Corporation's Drug Delivery Technologies
Drug Discovery Online - A
virtual community for the drug development industry
ChemCenter - A
comprehensive source of drugs and chemicals
Drug
Discovery Online - A comprehensive source of Drug
Discovery Industry
Companies
having drug delivery based products
PharmWeb -
Worldwide pharmaceutical information in the internet
Product Quality Research Institute -
Scientific information to support regulatory policy
PharmaPortal.com -
Informative articles, buyers guide and career services published in BioPharm, Pharmaceutical Technology and
Applied Clinical Trials
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Companies
Pharmaceutical
Processing Online
Pharmalicensing -
Latest news of pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceutical
Formulation & Quality
BioSpace - Biotechnology
and Pharmaceutical Industry News
Excipient
Sources and Oral Drug Delivery Companies
PREFORMULATION AND SOLID
STATE STUDIES
A Guide to Log P and pKa
Measurements and their Use
ClogP for 140
common drugs and QSAR
Current
Good Manufacturing Practice for Finished Products
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Microgravity
Crystal Research
Biological Crystal
Growth in Space
International
Pharmaceutical Excipients Council of the Americas
REFERENCES ON PREFORMULATION
AND DRUG DELIVERY
Macrogalleria -
A wonderland of polymer - An
excellent collection of introductory polymer topics
Polymer Data
Handbook - A comprehensive resource on polymer physical
and chemical data
Biopharmaceutics Classification System - An
article
E Pluribus Product - How
can we optimize selection of drug development candidates ?
Sustained Release and Enteric Coated NSAIDs
- Are they really safe ? - J. Pharm. Pharmaceut. Sci.
Biotech Pharmaceuticals and Biotherapy-
An Overview - J. Pharm. Pharmaceut. Sci.
Multiple Modes of Drug Delivery -
Modern Drug Discovery
Are Lipid Emulsions the Drug Delivery Solution -
Modern Drug Discovery
Polymorphic Predictions -
Modern Drug Discovery
Implantable Slow-Release Chemotherapeutic Polymers for
Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors
General Chemistry Handouts - Thermodynamics,
Chemical
Equilibrium, Chemical
Kinetics, Acids &
Bases, Properties of
Solutions, Applications
of Aqueous Equilibria
Luminaries
in Chemical Science
Chemistry
Resources - Incredible collection of college level
chemistry
Chemical
Information Online - by National Library of
Medicine
Organic
Chemistry Resources - An excellent organic
chemistry resource
Biophysical
Textbook Online - by Biophysical Society
Surfactants Virtual Library - An
organized source of surfactant information on the web
Simulation of
Self-Assembled Polymers and Surfactants -
Dissertation abstract
Colloidosomes -
Self-assembled colloidal composite structure
Colloidal
Forces, Interaction and Stability
Spectroscopy.now - An
online resource for all spectroscopy applications
FT-IR
Information and Tutorials
Entropy and The Second Law of
Thermodynamics
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