ESPICOM PHARMACEUTICAL & MEDICAL DEVICE NEWS [441]

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	441
ESPICOM Pharmaceutical & Medical Device News

Last Loaded on Web: Thursday, May 01, 2008

Last Update To Bluesheet: September 25, 2002

Bluesheet Contents PDF version

File Description	Database Content	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Basic Index	Rank
Subject Coverage	Document Types Indexed	Contact	Additional Indexes	Predefined Format Options
Tips	Geographic Coverage	Terms and Conditions	Limit	Rates
Dialog File Data	Special Features	Sample Record	Sort

File Description [top]

ESPICOM Pharmaceutical & Medical Device News provides news articles from Pharma Company Insight and Medical Industy Week. It contains current news and developments on companies and markets in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries worldwide. It has excellent coverage of emerging and novel companies, strategic alliances within the industry, and the latest market trends. Company financial results, R&D funding and product developments are all included.

The full text of all reports appears online within one or two days of writing and thus pre-dates the hard-copy counterparts. News from Europe forms 40% of the database, news from the US is 40%, and the rest of the world forms 20%.

Tips [top]

USE FILE 441

to get current news and developments on companies and markets in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries world-wide.

USE EXPAND CO=

to locate company names.

SEARCH USING /CO OR CO=

to retrieve company names.

SELECT ROCHE/CO SELECT CO=ROCHE

USE RANK

to see which companies are working in an area of interest.

SELECT ULTRASOUND AND ABDOMINAL(W)SCANNING RANK CO

Subject Coverage [top]

Information for the newsletters is gathered directly from companies and governments by the information providers’ editorial staff.

Medical Industry Week

Medical Industry Week provides the latest new intelligence on the global medical device industry covering company performance, products, M&A, and alliances.

Pharma Company Insight

Pharma Company Insight reports the latest pharmaceutical company developments. Company resulsts, performance, products, M&A, and deals news from around the world are regularly covered.

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	Medical Industry Week: March 1995 - Present Pharma Company Insight: January 1996 - Present
File Size:	Over 36,000 records as of April 2001
Update Frequency:	Daily

Database Content [top]

Complete Text Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

Newsletters

Geographic Coverage [top]

International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

ERA Available (REDIST only)
KWIC and HILIGHT Available
DIALOG Alert Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
DRUGECON	Pharmacoeconomics
HEALTHBU	Healthcare Industry News
MEDDEV	Medical Devices
MEDENG	Medical Engineering
PHARM	Pharmacology
PHARMIND	Pharmaceutical Industry News

Contact [top]

ESPICOM Pharmaceutical & Medical Device News is provided by ESPICOM Business Intelligence. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

ESPICOM Business Intelligence
Emily Gower
City Fields Business park,
City Fields Way
Chichester, W. Sussex PO20 6FS
U.K.

Telephone:	+44 1243 533322
Fax:	+44 1243 533418
E-Mail:	emily_gower@espicom.com

Terms and Conditions [top]

Database is copyrighted by ESPICOM Business Intelligence. For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive policy, enter HELP ERA online.

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 441: ESPICOM`
	`(c) 1997 MDIS. All rts. reserv.`

AA=	`00072464 00000453 (THIS IS THE FULLTEXT)`

/TI	`B&K Medical introduces a new ultrasound scanner worth advanced diagnostic`
	`imaging`

JN=	`Medical Device Companies Analysis`
PD=, PY=	`20 February 1997 (19970220)`
RT=, WD=	`RECORD TYPE: FULLTEXT WORD COUNT: 110`

/TX	`TEXT:`
	`The Danish company, B&K Medical has introduced its new Panther 2002 ADI`
	`ultrasound scanner with diagnostic imaging. The new system consists of the`
	`"cat" family of ultrasound scanners, the Leopard Type 2001 ultrasound`
	`scanner for urology and surgery and the Cheetah Type 2003 all purpose`
	`scanner.`
	`According to Terry Aston, Director of sales a nd marketing, "The Panther`
	`2002 ADI has CFM, power doppler, triplex, steerable and spectral Doppler.`
	`In addition, the Panther 2002 ADI offers extensive calculation packages`
	`for cardiac, obstetrics, doppler and urology... The Panther 2002 ADI`
	`produces high resolution and superb quality images. Furthermore a unique`
	`HiRES function allows easy abdominal scanning of structures deep within`
	`the body."`

/CO, CO=	`COMPANY: B&K Medical`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S B(1W)K(W)MEDIC?
/CO	CO	Company Name^1,2	Word	S B(1W)K(W)MEDIC?/CO
/TI	TI	Title	Word	S INTRODUCT?(1W)NEW(W)ULTRASOUND
/TX	TX	Text	Word	S POWER(W)DOPPLER(5N)TRIPLEX?/TX

¹Does not exist in Medistat News.

²Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
AA=	AA	Supplier Accession Number¹	Phrase	S AA=00072464
None	AZ	DIALOG Accession Number
CO=	CO	Company Name^1,2	Phrase	S CO=B&K MEDICAL
JC=	JC	Journal Code³	Phrase	S JC=MDCA
JN=	JN	Journal Name	Phrase	S JN=MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES ANALYSIS
PD=	PD	Publication Date	Phrase	S PD=19970220
PY=	PY	Publication Year	Phrase	S PY=1997
RT=	RT	Record Type	Phrase	S RT=FULLTEXT
UD=	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9999
WD=	WD	Word Count	Phrase	S WD<1000

³Journal Code for Medistat - MEDI, Medical Device Companies Analysis - MDCA, Pharmaceutical Companies Analysis - PCA.

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
/FULLTEXT	Fulltext	S S1/FULLTEXT
/SHORT	Short	S S2/SHORT

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
JN, PD, PY, TI	SORT S5/ALL/PY,PD

RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked.	RANK CO RANK PY S4

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


Display codes listed in the Search Options tables can be used to customize output.	TYPE S4/CO,JN/1-5

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
2	Short	Full Record except Text
3	Medium	Full Record Except Text
4	--	Full Record except Text
5	Long	Full Record
6	Free	Title
7	--	Full Record
8	--	Title
9	Full	Full Record
K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
If the accession number of a specific record is known, it can be used to display the record directly.	TYPE 00072464/9 PRINT 00072464/9

Rates [top]

Rates For File: ESPICOM Pharmaceutical & Medical Device News[441]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $7.72
Cost per minute:                   $2.75
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                    $6.85
ALERT (Monthly)                *  $18.24
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $10.70
ALERT (Weekly)                     $6.85
ALERT (Daily)                      $6.85
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *   $6.85
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $6.85
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $2.37    $2.37
     3    $2.37    $2.37
     4    $2.37    $2.37
     5    $4.68    $4.68
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $4.68    $4.68
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $4.68    $4.68
KWIC95    $1.32       NA
KWIC96    $1.32       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

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