Decision Resources Pharmaceutical Industry Reports follows research and development in pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical News Index covers News of pharmaceutical research, biotechnology, and veterinary pharmaceuticals. Pharmaprojects reports on new chemical and biotechnological entities. The last two categories apply only in special cases. The Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Abstracts database in Dialog contains abstracts of with chemical process and reaction engineering information.
Some databases are focused to specific markets or diseases.
Both STN and Dialog carry the databases Cancerlit and Aidsline, which focus upon these particular diseases. STN carries the VETB and VETU Derwent Veterinary Drug Files which is designed for veterinary pharmaceutical manufacturers. In the agricultural field, STN carries the CABA database covering literature in this area. Dialog carries Wilson Biological and Agricultural Index which also covers agricultural topics in scientific journals. In conclusion, it can be seen that the list of databases available for pharmaceutical prior art searches is extensive.