PNII is a comprehensive resource for current and retrospective pharmaceutical industry news, indexing 18 major U.S. and European news publications, as well as a leading Japanese publication. The database provides the latest news on legislation and regulations, research progress, marketing trends, controversial drug issues, recalls and new drug and device approvals. Newsletters are indexed cover-to-cover and provide details on people, products and companies.
The following alphabetical list provides the two-letter label, the relevant alias, and an example for each Pharmaceutical News Index field.
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Label Name/Example
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an Accession Number [Phrase Indexed]
example: 90 00001.an.
The Accession Number (AN) field contains a 7-digit number that uniquely
identifies each record. To retrieve a particular record, enter the
number WITH its hyphen: 94-10274.
ew Entry Week [Phrase Indexed]
example: 9601.ew.
9601.up.
The Entry Week (EW) field consists of the year and week in which a
citation was added to Pharmaceutical News Index. The EW field appears
in the format YYWW. This field may also be searched using the
UP [Update Code] field label.
id Identifiers [Word Indexed]
example: s794.id.
The Identifiers (ID) field appears only in those records which contain
specific identifying or descriptive information such as bill and report
numbers, references to graphs or tables, significant dates and
instructions for obtaining additional information.
ip Issue/Part [Word Indexed]
example: 1420.ip.
The Issue/Part (IP) field contains the issue and/or part for particular
volume of a journal. It usually displays as part of the Source (SO)
field.
is ISSN [Phrase Indexed]
example: 0739-4608.is.
The ISSN (IS) field contains the International Standard Serial Number
for the journal in which an article was published. It appears as an
8-digit number, separated by a hyphen.
jc Journal Code [Phrase Indexed]
example: fdc.jc.
The Journal Code (JC) is an alpha-numeric code which uniquely identifies
every journal indexed in the database.
jn Journal Name [Phrase Indexed]
example: pharma japan.jn.
The Journal Name (JN) field contains the journal or newsletter name as
it appears in the citation. This field displays as part of the Source
(SO) field.
jw Journal Word [Word Indexed]
example: pink.jw.
The Journal Word (JW) field contains individual words from every journal
name in Pharmaceutical News Index.
Stopwords such as "of" or "the" are not included.
pg Page [Phrase Indexed]
example: "16".pg.
The Page (PG) field consists of the inclusive pagination of a journal
article. It is usually displayed as part of the Source (SO) field.
sh Subject Headings [Phrase and Word Indexed]
example: otc switches.sh.
otc switches.de.
The Subject Headings (SH) field contains the key words used by
Pharmaceutical News Index to describe the main topics addressed in the
document. Both words and phrases can be searched.
so Source [JN,JW,VO,IP,PG,YR fields]
example: medicine.so.
The Source (SO) field contains complete bibliographic citation
information. The field contains the journal name, date of publication,
volume and issue information, and pagination.
st Subtitle [Word Indexed]
example: recall$.st.
The Subtitles (ST) field contains any subtitles that may have been
assigned to the document.
Stopwords such as "of" or "the" will display in documents but do not
appear in the Subtitles index. However, the word "a", which is a
stopword in other fields, CAN be searched in titles.
ti Title [Word Indexed]
example: fda approval.ti.
The Title (TI) field contains the full title of the document in English.
Stopwords such as "of" or "the" will display in documents but do not
appear in the Title index. However, the word "a", which is a stopword in
other fields, CAN be searched in titles.
vo Volume [Phrase Indexed]
example: "46".vo.
The Volume (VO) field consists of the volume and issue of a serial
publication. It usually displays as part of the Source (SO) field.
yr Year of Publication [Phrase Indexed]
example: 1996.yr.
The Year (YR) field contains the year in which the document was
published. It can be searched as a 2 or 4-digit year.
The YR field is displayed as part of the Source field.
The following are the Ovid limits for the Pharmaceutical New Index database. Both forms of syntax for applying the limit directly at the command line are given where relevant.
Latest Update
Command Syntax: ..l/1 up=y
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to latest update
Publication Year
Command Syntax: ..l/1 yr=96
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to yr=1996
limit 1 to yr=96
Source Publications
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to clinical lab letter
Command Syntax: ..c/pnii Sentence Syntax: use pnii
<1> Accession Number 96-30638 Title Product news in brief: US panel to debate cormolyn & Vancenase OTC switches Source Scrip World Pharmaceutical News. No. 2167, p. 27. 1996 Sep 27. Subject Headings US. Rx-to-OTC switch. Fisons PLC. Rhone Poulenc Rorer. Nasalcrom. Cromolyn sodium. McNeil Consumer Products. Schering-Plough Corp. Vancenase AQ. Beclomethasone. Entry Week 9648. ISSN 0143-7690 Journal Code SCR <2> Accession Number 96-22330 Title Amplicor HIV-1 monitor receives FDA approval Source Clinical Lab Letter. Vol. 17, No. 12, p. 94. 1996 Jul 1. Subject Headings US. FDA approval. Roche Molecular Systems. AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR. Viral load. Blood tests. Disease progression. Entry Week 9633. ISSN 0197-8454 Journal Code CLL
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Last Revised, 8 April, 1997