Ovid Technologies Field Guide

F-D-C Reports (FDCR)


Scope

FDCR database contains the full text of four related newsletters:

Each newsletter covers U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory activities, product development, packaging, retailing and advertising, trade association news, and corporate news, including financial operations, mergers and acquisitions, marketing and licensing agreements, and market share. The Rose Sheet also includes descriptions of cosmetics trademarks registered and filed for opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Sources for all newsletters include new product announcements, market research reports, press releases, sales and earnings reports, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings; government and trade association reports; reports from conferences, meetings and conventions; and interviews with industry leaders.


General Information

Producer
F-D-C Reports
5550 Friendship Blvd.
Suite One
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301-657-9830
FAX: 301-656-3094

Years of Coverage
1990-present

Default fields for unqualified searches
TI, TX, DS

All Display/Print Fields
AU, UP, TI, SO, PD, PT, TX, PN, DS, CO, AD, AP, AT, RD, RB, DI, RR, TD, TR, TF, TS, TP, DU, TC, CE

Default Display/Print Fields
All Fields

Update Frequency
Weekly

Searching the FDC Reports fields

The following alphabetical list provides the two-letter label, the relevant alias, and an example for each FDC Reports database field.

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Label        Name/Example
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ad           Approval Date [Word Indexed]
example 1:   "970306".ad.
example 2:   3 6 97.ad.

an           Accession Number [Phrase Indexed]
example:     0215044038.an.

ap           Application Number [Word and Phrase Indexed]
example:     p860022 s35.ap.

at           Approval Type or Class [Word Indexed]
example:     supplemental labeling.at.

ce           Category of Entry [Word Indexed]
example:     marks registered.ce.

co           Company Name [Word Indexed]
example:     bristol myers squibb.co.

di           Distribution [Word Indexed]
example:     international.di.

ds           Description [Word Indexed]
example:     principle indication.ds.

du           Date of First Use [Word Indexed]
example 1:   jan 1994.du.
example 2:   "1994".du.

pd           Publication Date [Phrase Indexed]
example:     941031.pd.

pn           Product Name [Word Indexed]
example:     videx.pn.

pt           Publication Type [Word Indexed]
example:     recall.pt.

rb           Recalled By [Word Indexed]
example:     manufacturer.rb.

rd           Recall Date [Word Indexed]
example 1:   june 2 1993.rd.
example 2:   "1993".rd.

rr           Recall Reason [Word Indexed]
example:     sample lines.rr.

so           Source [Word Indexed]
example:     blue sheet.so.

tc           Trademark Class [Word Indexed]
example:     "51".tc.

td           Issued Date [Word Indexed]
example 1:   10 25 1994.td.
example 2:   "1994".td.

tf           File Date [Word Indexed]
example 1:   12 6 93.tf.
example 2:   "93".tf.

ti           Title [Word Indexed]
example:     colorectal cancer.ti.

tp           Published Date [Word Indexed]
example 1:   8 2 94.tp.
example 2:   "94".tp.

tr           Trademark Number [Word Indexed]
example:     1 859 409.tr.

ts           Serial Number [Word Indexed]
example:     74 465 205.ts.

tx           Text [Word Indexed]
example:     allelic loss.tx.

up           Update Code [Phrase Indexed]
example:     9612.up.

FDC Reports Limits

The following limits are available from the Limit menu on the Main Search Screen:

Popular Command and Sentence Syntax Limits

Update Code
Command Syntax:        ..l/1 up=9444
Sentence Syntax:       limit 1 to up=9444

FDC Source Publication
Command Syntax:        ..l/1 so=the blue sheet
Sentence Syntax:       limit 1 to the blue sheet

Publication Type
Command Syntax:        ..l/1 pt=recall
Sentence Syntax:       limit 1 to recall


Change to FDC Reports from another database

Command Syntax:        ..c/fdcr
Sentence Syntax:       use fdcr

Sample FDCR Documents

<1>
Accession Number
  0059001023.
Update Code
  9701
Title
  Watson acquisition of Royce would add 19 generic products to;  line;
  Watson Microzide NDA approved..
Source
  The Pink Sheet.  1997 January 6.  59(1).  T&G-11.
Publication Type
  News (NEW).
Text
  (1 of 10)
  WATSON ACQUISITION OF ROYCE BRINGS COMPANY 19 MARKETED GENERIC
  DRUGS, 11 ANDAs pending at FDA and approximately 15 off-patent drugs
  in development. Watson said it was attracted to Royce's pipeline and
  its current product line, which has only three products that overlap
  with Watson's. The sales and marketing groups at Watson and Royce
  will be combined, Watson said Dec. 26.
  (2 of 10)
  Royce is completing its first profitable year. The
  Miami-based company, however, has been caught in the broader downturn
  in the generic drug market as competition intensified during the
  year.
  -sample text truncated-


<2>
Accession Number
  0440001009.
Update Code
  9701
Title
  RESEARCH POLICY: DRUG FIRMS COULD GIVE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO NIH;
   CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINEES -- DANA-FARBER's NATHAN.
Source
  The Blue Sheet.  1997 January 1.  40(1).  Page 12.
Publication Type
  News (NEW).
Text
  (1 of 24)
  Funds from the pharmaceutical industry should be solicited by NIH
  to provide "new support mechanisms" for young clinical
  investigators, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's David Nathan proposed
  at the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director meeting Dec. 12 in
  Bethesda.
  (2 of 24)
  Nathan suggested that NIH enter into a "collaboration with the
  pharmaceutical industry, who have an enormous stake in [the] output"
  of trainees.  He added that "if we can sit down and devise plans
  that are appealing to the pharmaceutical industry, jointly, we might
  be able to develop a new program with NIH and the pharmaceutical
  industry...getting together to get some new money into the system"
  (3 of 24)
  Nathan, chair of the NIH Director's Panel for Clinical Research,
  summarized preliminary recommendations drafted by a panel
  subcommittee on training/job opportunities for patient-oriented
  research. The subcommittee was chaired by Jean Wilson, University of
  Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
  (4 of 24)
  In all, the panel contains four subcommittees. Three others
  focus on NIH funding mechanisms for clinical research, General
  Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs), and on funding sources and public
  information. An interim report was released at the meeting. A final
  version is due in September ("The Blue Sheet" Nov. 6, p. 3).
  -sample text truncated-


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Revised 21 March, 1997