Drake & Drake: Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book

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Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book

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11 July 2010

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— Updates to the 2010 CD database through June 30 —

273 new brand-name drugs
78 new generic drugs
31 new FDA approvals
(previously investigational)
67 new indications
30 new doseforms

21 new generic availability
(previously brand only)
67 new strengths
30 formula changes
130 discontinued drugs
27 reintroduced (prev. D/C)

— These updates have been downloaded to CD purchasers. —

The 2010 edition is now shipping!

The 2010 edition of our award-winning reference book began shipping the last week in November, with the CD and book+CD package following a couple of weeks later. Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book 2010 (the print edition) has:

28,250 total entries, including:

640 New Entries (not in the 2009 edition)
1024 Modified Entries (changes from the 2009 edition)
3683 Official USAN Generic Drugs
9794 Brand Name Drugs
1516 Exterimental and Investigational Drugs
1490 FDA-Designated Orphan Drugs
1698 Chemotherapy Drugs and Protcols
1992 Medicinal Herbs and Natural Remedies
416 Drug Classes and Definitions
1562 Recently Discontinued Drugs (2005 to date)

In addition, the Sound-Alike appendix lists 1818 drugs with one or more similarly sounding names, and the Most Prescribed Drugs appendix is a quick-reference to over half of all drugs prescribed in the U.S.

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Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book 2010 on CD (the electronic edition) contains all this, plus 11,211 entries not found in the book, including:

Discontinued Drugs dating back to 1976
Hazardous Materials (HazMats)
Weapons of Mass Destruction (biological, chemical, and radiological weapons)
Street Drug Slang, cross-referenced to the actual drug name.

If you’re not already a subscriber to our annual edition, place your order now and the current edition will be shipped to you right away, then next year’s edition will be shipped to you “hot off the press” in early December. Visit our order page for full ordering information (hint: if you order online, shipping is free!)

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