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Finding Information About the Top Pharmaceutical Drugs

Searchers frequently want to identify information on the top prescription drugs. This is best done in Business & Industry^™ (File 9) and Gale Group PROMT® (File 16) by using the following search statement then ANDing the results with the publication year(s) of interest:

?S (TOP AND PRESCRIPTION AND DRUG? AND (RANK? OR
SALE?))/TI

The following sample search retrieves articles about the top prescription drugs by worldwide sales for the years 2002 and 2003:

?b 9,16

?s (top and prescription and drug? and (rank?
or sale?))/ti and py=2002:2003

Figure 1. Search Results and a List of Titles from the Search

1/TI/1     (Item 1 from file: 9)
DIALOG(R)File  9:(c) 2002 Resp. DB Svcs. All rts. reserv.
 Top  200  prescription  drugs by pharmaceutical company.
  (Med Ad News 200)
  
   1/TI/4     (Item 4 from file: 9)
DIALOG(R)File  9:(c) 2002 Resp. DB Svcs. All rts. reserv.
 Top  10  prescription   drugs
 
 1/TI/29     (Item 1 from file: 16)
DIALOG(R)File 16:(c) 2002 The Gale Group. All rts. reserv.
 Top  200  prescription   drugs  by worldwide  sales.
 (Med Ad News 200). (Statistical Data Included)
  
   1/TI/30     (Item 2 from file: 16)
DIALOG(R)File 16:(c) 2002 The Gale Group. All rts. reserv.
50  top -selling Rxs account for most of 2001 Rx  sales.
  ( prescription drugs ) (Brief Article)(Statistical 
  Data Included)

James Heinis,
Knowledge Center

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