Mergent Online Click on Industry Reports and from the dropdown menu, choose the appropriate industry guide: Medical Instruments & Equipment.
LexisNexis Academic Click on the Medical link from the left side menu and search for articles concerning your product.
Medical & Healthcare Marketplace Guide, Dorland's Information Desk1 HD9994.U5 M42 V.1 and 2. Ask a Reference Librarian to log you in to the Online version for more current information. Provides trends, developments, scientific advancements, and company information in all segments of the medical and healthcare industry, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and biotechnology.
Economic Census Data Use North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to find information about the size of the industry in the United States. You can also use these numbers when searching the InfoTrac Web General Business Database for articles and industry overviews or using Ward's Directory of Public and Private Companies which contains a ranking of companies using NAICS.
NAICS codes: Medical Devices
339112 Surgical and Medical Instruments Manufacturing
Investext Plus Provides investment and association reports on companies and industries including various reports on biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. From CEO interviews to a Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter 113 page report titled Pharmaceutical Industry Review, these reports can provide valuable insight on industries.
Full text articles allow you to get a better picture of the industry and marketplace for pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology companies, try the following databases and industry web sites. RDS Bizsuite Two databases are particularly good for industry analysis: Business and Industry Database (B & I) and TableBase. Browse and select concept terms that fit your need. You will find the following trade publications when searching RDS (among 1000s of other titles):
Factiva Contains text of the following trade publications (among 1000s of other titles):
