The Center is implementing access to databases of critical information for winning business strategies.  These databases will be available free of charge at the workstations in the user resource libraries at both the Baltimore and Rockville offices.

We have concentrated on the following areas:

• Scientific programs and subject matter expertise
• Intellectual property opportunities
• Capital formation strategies
• Market assessment
• Competitor intelligence

Utilization of the databases is on an appointment-only basis. Please call  or email us to schedule an appointment at either our Baltimore or Rockville location.

Databases Currently Available:

• Datamonitor   
  A world-leading provider of premium global business information, delivering independent data, analysis and opinion. The Center subscribes to Datamonitor’s Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Knowledge Center, which provides research in Therapeutic Analysis, Company Analysis and Strategic Analysis. This includes primary research with key opinion leaders, prescribers, and industry experts.
  
  Why is this database useful?
  
• Use this database to size your market, develop new market entry strategies, conduct channel and competitor analyses, track regulatory changes, and keep an eye on emerging trends.
  
  
• Access a wealth of market intelligence reports, briefs, profiles and interactive models, as well as the latest updates, news and unbiased opinion.
  
  
  
• Deloitte Recap
  Deloitte Recap offers its DEAL builder tool for managing alliance formation, the lifecycle of the alliance, and deal valuations. Visit the Center to gain new insights into biopharma alliances with access to unredacted, unpublished agreements secured through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Recap’s Alliance Summaries, Deal Snapshots, and Contract Analyses can provide insight into alliances to be able to identify leading practices and critical deal terms, and assist in the development of partnering strategies. 
  
  Why is this database useful?
  
• Learn leading practices on drafting an alliance
  
• Locate potential alliance opportunities and conduct due diligence
  
• Identify deal structure alternatives and critical deal terms
  
• Compare deals to see market rates for royalties, transfer prices, and profit splits
  
  
• Discovery Logic’s Synapse
  Discovery Logic’s Synapse quickly matches the needs of commercial biotech and pharmaceutical firms with nonprofit and government technologies available for licensing. It provides dynamic searchable access to selected technologies, US patents and patent applications, Medline® articles, federal R&D grants, and news articles. It links scientific citation indices to scientific publications, grants, and intellectual property through an exclusive relationship with Thomson-Reuters (now their parent company) and offers sophisticated proprietary search algorithms that enable “one search” capability through all data sets.
  
  Why is this database useful?
  
• research and visualize relationships between technologies, patents, and the marketplace  
  
  
• Search for potential commercial matches
  
  
• match commercial needs to available technologies
  
  
  
• Frost & Sullivan
  Frost & Sullivan’s global team of industry experts continuously monitors the Healthcare market, including pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, drug discovery technologies, clinical diagnostics, healthcare IT, medical imaging, and medical devices. The resulting market reports are essential tools for the comprehensive market analysis required to develop a strong business strategy.
  
  Why is this database useful?
  
• Access all Market, Technical, and Econometric Research covering Healthcare & Life Sciences IT, Medical Imaging, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology,  Medical Devices, Drug Discovery & Clinical Diagnostics, and Patient Monitoring
  
  
• Access Industry Expert Analysts and reports by in-house analysts
  
  
• Review weekly, monthly, and quarterly Technical Insights Alerts that highlight advances in Drug Discovery Technology, Genetic Technology, R&D, Medical & Diagnostic Imaging, Medical Devices, Nanotech, and Nutrition Research 
  
   
  
• MedTRACK
  Contains pipeline, financial, competitive product, mechanism of action, sales, partnering, and patent information on more than 17,000 biomedical companies worldwide. The data can be sorted by parameters such as disease, competitive products, or clinical trial stage.
  
  Why is this database useful?
  
• Use MedTRACK to identify new targets/compounds in development, evaluate royalties, conduct due diligence, research company financials/pipeline for potential in-licensing and out-licensing opportunities, find names and contact info of management.
  
  
• Extended product profiles allow you to glean product history, clinical, competitive product, and epidemiology information.
  
  
  
• MedTRACK Venture Finance
  Provides comprehensive coverage of over 11,000 venture rounds and other details for more than 4,500 biomedical companies. The database also contains the latest venture financing news, available SEC documents relating to each financing, and a clickable list of leading venture finance rounds of recent months.
  
  Why is this database useful?
  
• Use Venture Finance to find out which firms are funding particular technologies and at which stage of product development the financing is taking place.
  
  

We are constantly evaluating databases in the areas indicated.  Other databases under consideration include IPEEX, BioCentury’s BCIQ and SciBX, and BIOPHARMA, and others.

Visit this page for updates on the availability of these and other valuable business strategy resources. Also, your feedback and suggestions are welcome. Please email us using the subject line “Databases” with your comments.