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FACTS & COMPARISONS AGGREGATES DRUG, PATIENT EDUCATION INFO FOR WEB SITES.


In related news, Facts & Comparisons (St. Louis, MO), a unit of Wolters Kluwer Wolters Kluwer N.V. (Euronext: WKL) is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory, and education sectors.  International Health & Science, has expanded its licensing initiatives to include an Applications Service Provider (ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). ) delivery service for drug, herbal herbal, early botanical book containing descriptions and illustrations of herbs and plants with their properties, chiefly those qualities that made them useful as medicines or condiments. Most of the herbals were written between c.1470 and c.  and patient education for healthcare Web sites. The new format will allow for direct link from Web site to data files.

The four data sets now available in an ASP format include: A-Z Drug Facts, a prescribing guide to over 2800 medications; MedFacts, a dosage form A dosage form is the physical form of a dose of medication, such as a capsule or injection. The route of administration is dependent on the dosage form of a given drug.  specific database on nearly 4000 patient education handouts; and, The Guide to Popular Natural Products, a reference service that includes information on the most common natural products and supplements.

In 1999, Facts & Comparisons launched its "Data Licensing Series," an online resource for drug, interaction, herbal and consumer information. The information resource carries data and related information on brand name, generic, OTC OTC

See: Over-the-counter.


OTC

See over-the-counter market (OTC).
, herbal agent, side effect, and unlabeled use. The new application provider service is available for Web sites, PDAs, CD-ROMs and related electronic systems.
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