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Last Updated:
August 26, 2008
Agriculture
USDA Agriculture Statistic Service
Website: www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp
- Statistics on planting, harvesting, production, import, export, domestic use, economic value of multiple agriculture products
- Information on farm resources, farm income, taxes, insurance, credits, cooperatives, and consumption
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United NationsBiospace
Website: faostat.fao.org
- Statistics on production trade, producer prices, agricultural machinery, and land use in agriculture, forestry, and fishery
SeedQuest.com
Website: seedquest.com
- A resource for plant agriculture, specifically information regarding seed companies, the seed industry, and many links to other worldwide sources of information.
Cyagra
http://www.cyagra.com
? A great website on cattle cloning
AIDS/HIV
AVERT (International AIDS charity)
Website: www.avert.org/statindx.htm
- Prevalence and incidence of AIDS/ HIV for various parts of the world
- General information, survival rates, treatment options, and clinical trials
Antibodies
Antibody Resource Page
Website: www.antibodyresource.com
- Excellent resource for all things antibody
- Lists antibody suppliers, educational resources, technology resources, antibody journals and books, links to databases, and much more
Belgian Association for Bioindustries
Website: www.belgobiotech.be
- Learn about monoclonal antibodies and other techniques in another language
Approved Pharmaceuticals
FDA Approval List
Website: www.fda.gov/cder/da/da.htm
- Recent FDA approved pharmaceuticals
Electronic Orange Book
Website: www.fda.gov/cder/ob
- Find all U.S. approved pharmaceutical products by active ingredient, proprietary name, patent holder, and patent application holder
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
Website: www.bio.org
- A worldwide organization with news, resources, events, information, advocacy, and business support
BioExchange
Website: www.bioexchange.com
Pharmacy Related Databases List
Website: www.pharmacy.org/wwwdbs.html
- Lists many other resources for pharmacy and pharmaceutical related information
- Maintained and updated regularly
BioSpace
Website: biospace.com
- Biotechnology industry news
- Information on biotech companies
- Biotech job listings (searchable)
Cancer
American Cancer Society
Website: www.cancer.org
- General information, survival rates, treatment options and clinical trials on all cancer types
- Provides brochures for patients
Cancer Network
Website: www.cancernetwork.com
- General information, survival rates, and treatment options on all cancer types
- Provides CME credits for physicians
Globocan (Sponsored by International Agency for Research on Cancer, a division of the World Health Organization)
Website: www-dep.iarc.fr/globocan/database.htm
- Prevalence and incidence of all types of cancer for various parts of the world
- Database can be sorted by cancer type, gender, age, and country
National Cancer Institute
Website: www.cancer.gov
- General information, survival rates, treatment options, and clinical trials on all cancer types
- Provides brochures for patients
Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)
Website: seer.cancer.gov
- Prevalence and incidence of all types of cancer in United States
- Database can be sorted by cancer type, gender, age, and region
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Website: www.nccn.org
National Bone Marrow Transplant Link
Website: www.nbmtlink.org
UCSF Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Website: www.ucsfhealth.org/childrens/medical_services/cancer/bmt
Clinical Trials
Clinical Trials (U.S. National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine)
Website: www.clinicaltrials.gov
- Clinical trials by disease state
Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
Website: crisp.cit.nih.gov/
- Searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions
- Maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health, includes projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Office of Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH)
Company Information
Yahoo Finance
Website: finance.yahoo.com
- Information on public companies, sales, key employees, subsidiaries, etc.
Hoovers
Website: www.hoovers.com
- Information on public and private companies, sales, key employees, etc.
- Part of UW Madison Business school library services
SBIR Gateway
Website: www.zyn.com/sbir
- Can search past SBIR/STTR awards ? about 2 years behind
CEO Interviews
Website: ceocfointerviewclearinghouse.com
- Has some interviews freely available for high-tech companies
Seeking Alpha
Website: seekingalpha.com
- For viewing transcripts of earnings calls
IDC
Website: http://www.idc.com
- For viewing transcripts of earnings calls
National Bureau of Economic Research
Website: www.nber.org/papers
- Free "working papers" on economics of various industries
DataMonitor
Website: www.datamonitor.com
- World's leading provider of online data, analytic and forecasting platforms for key vertical sectors
- Research covers seven major industry sectors, some services are free
ValuationResources
Website: www.valuationresources.com
- Some free information, also includes pay-for sites and resources
- Links to business valuation publications
- Links to industry resources, economic data, cost of capital, merger and acquisition transaction data, legal and tax resources, and more
Canada Business and Consumer Site
Website: strategis.ic.gc.ca
- Searchable database of Canadian companies
- Free industry reports
- Free "Technology Roadmaps"
- Free foreign market research reports
- Canadian importers database
- Canadian economic conditions
- Lots more
Innocentive
Website: www.innocentive.com
- Forum to post R&D challenges for scientists to solve for financial reward
- Good source of information on industry needs and problems
- Insight into company areas of focus
Mondaq
Website: www.mondaq.com
- Database of articles on many topics including finance, law, IT, IP, pharmaceuticals, and many others
- Free registration
- Country specific search capabilities
Reference for Business
Website: www.referenceforbusiness.com
- Hundreds of actual business plans listed by type of business
- Encyclopedia of hundreds of business terms
- Hundreds of company histories (very extensive), listed by company name or industry
- Executive profiles listed by name
Engineering Technologies
GlobalSpec
Website: www.globalspec.com
- Direct access to SpecSearch®, the largest catalog database of its kind
General Business Information
Bnet Business Network
Website: www.bnet.com
- Collection of white papers from third parties; categories include specific industries, career, finance, HR, management, marketing operations, productivity, and sales
- Free registration required
- Intuitive, clean site layout
General Medical Information
Centers for Disease Control
Website: www.cdc.gov
- General information, survival rates, treatment options, and clinical trials on multiple disease states
- Prevalence and Incidence of multiple disease states in United States
Institutes of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies
Website: www.iom.edu
- Specific disease information, and general health information
- Hundreds of archived FREE reports (page by page), with extensive statistics, details, and references
Medscape
Website: www.medscape.com/home
- General information, survival rates, treatment options, and clinical trials on multiple disease states
Merck Manual
Website: http://www.merck.com/mmpe
- General information and treatment options on multiple disease states
Orphanet
Website: www.orpha.net
- Multinational database
- Search for specific diseases and clinical trials
- Research information on rare diseases and their developing therapies
WEB MD
Website: http://www.webmd.com
- General information, survival rates, treatment options, and clinical trials on multiple disease states
Medical Dictionary
Website: cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?action=Home&query
FDA ? Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Website: www.fda.gov/cder
Code of Federal Regulations
Website: www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr
HERC
Website: www.herc.research.med.va.gov
Medicare/Medicaid
Website: cms.hhs.gov
General Technical Information
Knovel Library
Website: www.knovel.com
- Overview of information on many technical subjects
- Contains electronic versions (PDF) of text books and other reference material, indexed by subject
National Academies Press
Website: www.nap.edu
- Free access to 3,700 science and technical books, as well as selected publications on science and technology policy
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) Database
Website: crisp.cit.nih.gov
- Searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions
- Includes projects funded by:
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP)
- Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Office of Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH)
Research Tools
Website: www.nih.go.jp/~jun/research
- Emphasis on molecular biology tools
- Many links to relevant sites
Ion Channel Media Group websites (portals)
Website: www.ionchannelmedia.com/websites.php
- Subject-specific content
- 43 different subject websites
- Ratings/rankings of labs by discipline, based on citation analysis
- Each portal contains information on news, jobs, books, protein structures, lab rankings, and forums
Genetics
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Website: www.cshl.edu
- Alu information as well as tutorials on classical genetics through the Human Genome Project.
- Biology and classical genetics to transcription.
High Tech Information
ZD Net
Website: blogs.zdnet.com
- Technology Blogs and news ? they have an emerging technology section which has news on recent developments in high tech
Wikipedia
Website: wikipedia.org
- Free encyclopedia which has information on almost anything you can think of
- Great for getting a good understanding of a topic that you don't know a lot about
Information Technology
IDC
Website: idc.com
- IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets
- IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy
Medical Imaging and Devices
Medical Imaging Magazines
Website: www.medicalimagingmag.com
- Articles in MRI, CT, and Ultrasound ? searchable database
Devicelink
Website: www.devicelink.com
- News on medical devices, tradeshows, and magazines
510(k)
Website: www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm
- Search site for finding out about what types of medical devices companies have filed to get approval on
Nutraceuticals
Natural and Nutritional Products Industry Center
Website: www.npicenter.com
- General information, regulatory policy, product research, and marketed products for nutraceutical, nutritional, dietary supplement, cosmetic, and food industries
Obesity
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Guidelines on Obesity
Website: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm
- First federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity
Patents
Patent Lens
Website: bios.net/patentlens/expert.cgi
Search for:
- Patents from many countries simultaneously, including world (PCT) patents
- Includes World, US, European Union, and Australia
USPTO Assignments on the Web (AOTW)
Website: assignments.uspto.gov
- Search patents and trademarks dating back to 1980 for the current owner (assignee)
- Identify assignment information not captured in PAIR or patent publications
- Search by assignee, assignor, patent number, publication number (patents)
- Search by assignee, assignor, applicant name, registration number, serial number, and registrant name (trademarks)
Proteins
Protein Data Bank
Website: www.rcsb.org/pdb
- Provides a variety of tools and resources for studying the structures of biological macromolecules and their relationships to sequence, function, and disease
Regulatory Environment
European Medicine Agency
Website: www.emea.europa.eu
- Approved human and veterinary pharmaceutical products In 25 European nations
- Products alerts, product withdrawals, and safety announcements for 25 European nations
Reimbursement
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Website: www.cms.hhs.gov
- Reimbursement policies on specific medical and health products
- Figures for average cost of treatment for various diseases
Statistics
Euro Stat
Website: epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/
- General economics, population, demographics, consumer pricing, trade, public health policy, energy and environmental policy, employment rates, and inflation rates for European regions and countries
Federal Statistics Portal
Website: www.fedstats.gov
- Statistics from over 100 federal agencies
- Searchable by geographical location, subject, and agency
U.S. Census Bureau
Website: www.census.gov
- Demographics, economics, employment rates, income figures, and foreign trade figures for United States
World Health Organization Statistical Information System
Website: www.who.int/whosis/en
- International Classification of multiple disease states
- Mortality, morbidity, birth rate, life expectance, demographics, fertility, literacy, and private and public health care expenditures for multiple disease states, regions, and countries
Veterinary
International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS)
Website: www.ivis.org
- Technical veterinary health information for vets, vet students, and animal health professionals
- Scientific publications, links, newsletters, and (international) calendar of veterinary events
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