Major Drug Database Page
Welcome to the Major Drug Database Page!
What is the Major Drug Database?
The Major Drug Database is a database that I first began working on in January of 2002 for stock/investment analysis purposes. It originally only contained the sales data for pharmaceutical products with over $400 million in annual revenues. Over the past year, the database has expanded to include patent expiration data, sales projections, and medical information. The database presently contains information on more than 360 pharmaceutical products from 33 pharmaceutical and biotech companies including:
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As far as I know, this is the most comprehensive resource of its kind publicly and freely available on the Internet. I have included financial information for every single medically related product that I can find.
Site History/What's New
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Major Drug Database Version History
Version 3.1
(4/06/03): 415 drugs, 44 companies, complete Q4 2002 and FY 2002 results.
- 48 more drugs and 13 more companies.
- drug database now more readable spreaad across two pages with repeated
column and row headings.
Version 3.01
(11/07/02): 367 drugs, 31 companies, even more Q3 2002 updates.
- 12 more drugs and 1 one more company afteer Elan was added to the database.
- Corrected a few errors in the worksheet.<
- Database is now available in SIX sorted vversions. Added a version that is
sorted by predicted FY 2002 sales.
Version 3.0 (10/31/02): 355 drugs, 30 companies, more complete Q3 2002 results.
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22 more drugs and 4 more companies after the addition of Chiron, Gilead
Sciences, King, MedImmune to the database.
- Completely redone patent section. Dates of FDA approval, patent expiration,
and exclusivity expiration are now included.
- Column headings now appear at the top of each page for easier viewing.
- Database is now available in five sorted versions as listed above.
Version 2.3
(10/26/02): 333 drugs, 26 companies, partial Q3 2002 results
- 55% more drugs and 63% more companies than prior version.
Version 2.2
(04/26/02): 215 drugs, 16 companies, complete Q1 2002 results
Version 2.1
(03/07/02): 215 drugs, 16 companies, complete Q4 2001 results
Version 2.0
(02/14/02): 112 drugs, 16 companies, complete Q4 2001 results
Version 1.0
(01/02/02): 87 drugs, 11 companies, complete Q3 2001 results
Major Drug Database and Other Download Links
Below you can find the latest updates to the major drug database
that I have been working on.
Please note that the files are in PDF file format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it
HERE:
New Feature!! Statin Market Share
Statin Drug Class Price Comparison
Major Drug
Database Version 3.1 (Build Date: April 6, 2003) Sorted By Company
Major Drug
Database Version 3.1 (Build Date: April 6, 2003) Sorted By Drug Brand Name
Major Drug
Database Version 3.1 (Build Date: April 6, 2003) Sorted By Chemical Compound
Name
Major Drug
Database Version 3.1 (Build Date: April 6, 2003) Sorted By Organ System/Use
Major Drug
Database Version 3.1 (Build Date: April 6, 2003) Sorted By FY 2002 Sales
Please check out the FAQ link at the top of the page if you have questions about the database.
If you enjoy the information provided, please consider lending your support and help me make the database even better through one of the sites below:
Comments? Questions? Suggestions?
As always, comments and suggestions are welcome. Please send your comments to me at HERE or sign the guestbook. If you would like to be notified of updates to the database or this page, you can also email me to be added to the mailing list. I've also added a GuestMap. Since this the World Wide Web, I'm interested in seeing who visits this page so please take a moment to put a pin where you're located and see who else has been to the webpage.
Please note that I have spent a lot of time working on this. Some people in the past have taken my work and claimed it as their own which is why I do not offer the Excel file format at this time. If this happens again, downloads will not be allowed again.
Suggested Reading
Some of my favorite finance and investing related books that I own. Reviews will be coming soon. First, some serious books on investing philosophy followed by some lighter but still very educational books:
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Page created on October 26, 2002
Page Last edited on
April 17, 2003
