
1. BEGIN 9,16 business databases to take advantage of the indexing.
2. Use the indexing for product name (PN=) and the descriptor field (/DE) for a ranking to refine the search strategy.
3. Combine the sets.
4. Limit the search to the year 2005 and 2006 (/2005:2006). |

?b 16
File 16:Gale Group PROMT(R) 1990-2006/May 16
(c) 2006 The Gale Group
Set Items Description
--- ----- -----------
?S PN=DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS
S1 85234 PN=DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS
?S TOP OR LEADING
1082911 TOP
1630902 LEADING
S2 2418605 TOP OR LEADING
?S RANKING?/DE
S3 6337 RANKING?/DE
?S S1 AND S2 AND S3
85234 S1
2418605 S2
6337 S3
S4 13 S1 AND S2 AND S3
?S S4/2005:2006
13 S4
1633459 PY=2005 : PY=2006
S5 8 S4/2005:2006 |

5. TYPE all the records using Format 6 to see which is most relevant.
|

?T S5/6/ALL
5/6/1 (Item 1 from file: 16)
12897155 Supplier Number: 139345291 (USE FORMAT 7 FOR FULLTEXT)
Journals gather momentum: medical/surgical journals continued
to show positive signs in 2004, with an impressive double-digit
increase in advertising revenues. Eugene M. May charts the
biggest advertisers and the most heavily advertised products
and therapeutic classes.(PERQ/HCI
MEDICAL/SURGICAL JOURNAL AD REVIEW 2004 FULL YEAR)
April, 2005
Word Count: 1911
5/6/2 (Item 2 from file: 16)
12781481 Supplier Number: 139787991 (USE FORMAT 7 FOR FULLTEXT)
The Growing Demands for Existing Biologics Production are
Reflected in Biopharmaceutical Sales Figures: The Top 15 Products in 2004 Posted Revenues of $38 Billion.
Dec 15, 2005
Word Count: 535
5/6/3 (Item 3 from file: 16)
12775962 Supplier Number: 139577090 (USE FORMAT 7 FOR FULLTEXT)
2005's top 10.(drugs sales report )(Brief Article)
Dec 8, 2005
Word Count: 243
5/6/4 (Item 4 from file: 16)
12507292 Supplier Number: 135665216 (USE FORMAT 7 FOR FULLTEXT)
Onslaught of industry issues besieges brands.(pharmaceutical
industry)
August 22, 2005
Word Count: 1004
5/6/5 (Item 5 from file: 16)
12126556 Supplier Number: 132891361 (USE FORMAT 7 FOR FULLTEXT)
Top pharma firms failing to deliver major new products, says
Wood Mackenzie.(markets)
May 30, 2005
Word Count: 319
5/6/6 (Item 6 from file: 16)
12125825 Supplier Number: 132676315 (USE FORMAT 7 FOR FULLTEXT)
Top 50 H&BA brands.(sales survey)(Illustration)
May 23, 2005
Word Count: 295
5/6/7 (Item 7 from file: 16)
11909652 Supplier Number: 130350318 (USE FORMAT 7 FOR FULLTEXT)
Top 200 brand-name drugs by retail dollars in 2004. (Illustration)
Feb 21, 2005
Word Count: 296
5/6/8 (Item 8 from file: 16)
11817111 Supplier Number: 128207801 (USE FORMAT 7 FOR FULLTEXT)
Future blockbusters: acomplia is the most anticipated among 10
products projected to win U.S. approval in 2005 and generate
peak sales of at least $1 billion.(Fifth Annual Report)
Jan, 2005
Word Count: 6928 |

6. TYPE the seventh record using Format 9 to see the complete record.
Note: Part of the record is omitted from this display. |

?t s5/9/7
5/9/7
DIALOG(R)File 16:Gale Group PROMT(R)
(c) 2006 The Gale Group. All rts. reserv.
11909652 Supplier Number: 130350318 (THIS IS THE FULLTEXT)
Top 200 brand-name drugs by retail dollars in 2004. (Illustration)
Drug Topics, v149, n4, p18
Feb 21, 2005
ISSN: ISSN: 0012-6616
Language: English Record Type: Fulltext
Article Type: Illustration
Document Type: Magazine/Journal; Trade
Word Count: 296
TEXT:
TOP 200 BRAND-NAME DRUGS BY RETAIL DOLLARS IN 2004
What goes up must come down. That line, however,
doesn't seem to hold true for many of the drugs in the
exalted ranks of the top 10, as the table below demonstrates.
The top 200 drugs by units (prescriptions)will be published
in our March 7 issue.
Total retail % change
dollars from one
Rank Product (add 000) year ago
1 Lipitor $5,959,955 10.9%
2 Prevacid 3,197,890 -4.8
3 Zocor 3,150,892 2.8
4 Nexium 2,963,518 19.0
5 Zoloft 2,622,801 6.6
6 Advair Diskus 2,323,170 22.7
7 Effexor XR 2,281,014 19.4
8 Plavix 2,169,479 30.4
9 Celebrex 2,114,734 6.0
10 Neurontin 2,000,077 3.1
11 Protonix 1,910,067 26.8
12 Norvasc 1,883,014 9.8
13 Zyprexa 1,881,354 -8.8 |