1. Swets eBook Training Swets eBook Training Helen Carver Sales Office Manager, Digital Content 16 th June 2008

2. Overview Brief History of RPS Publishing What is MedicinesComplete? Facts, Features & Benefits Using the database Key clients and who to target Our publishing partners Access methods Support, training and trials The future

3. RPS Publishing – About us RPS Publishing – who are we? Imprints Major Reference Works BNF MedicinesComplete E-Books

4. What is MedicinesComplete? Medicines Complete is an online subscription service Providing online access to world leading drug and healthcare resources Updated regularly by RPS Publishing, part of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, and the publishers of Martindale

5. MedicinesComplete Resources

6. The Resources AHFS Drug Information British National Formulary BNF for Children Clarke’s Analysis of Drugs and Poisons Dietary Supplements Handbook on Injectable Drugs Herbal Medicines Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference Pharmaceutical Excipients Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical and Manufacturers and Distributors Stockley’s Drug Interactions Stockley’s Interaction Alerts

7. The Facts More than 11,000 drug, poison, interaction and herbal monographs The latest advice on prescribing, dispensing and administering drugs and medicines The combined knowledge of hundreds of leading experts, scientists and researchers Over 100,000 references to original research, scientific papers, reports and cases studies Up-to-date guidance on disease treatments, disease management and therapeutics Complete international coverage

8. Features Quick easy-to-use integrated search across all resources Intuitive interface and layout Unique mix of world leading drug information resources Quick access to key information Trusted, unbiased, global, clinically proven information Regular updates Flexible access options such as IP address, Athens and SSO Data integration options are also available

9. Benefits Flexible choice of product - ‘Pick and Mix’ tailored to client requirements Price structure to suit all budgets Training can be provided by our sales team plus online PowerPoint and Flash demos Usage statistics can be provided including search trends Institution or company wide access COUNTER compliant usage statistics

10. Usage Statistics Example

11. Example search on HID via MedicinesComplete

12. Swets Type your search term here

13. Results displayed here. Tip: Click on the logo to view all results or the text to view the top five Top five results for each resource displayed here. Scroll down to HID

14. Within the warfarin sodium monograph, click on sub sections to view the required information or scroll through Search term keywords are highlighted

15. Solution compatibility table within warfarin sodium monograph

16. Testimonials “We are delighted to be able to offer MedicinesComplete to our students and staff. Our student projects and research are enhanced by having online access to these digital database across campus and at all times.” Dr Diana M Leitch BSC, PhD FRSC, University of Manchester Library “Overall, this is an excellent, easy-to-use reference source which can be as comprehensive as you need with a pricing structure that seems to have genuinely considered the needs of their customers.” Steven Gray, Steven Gray Consulting PIPA Newsletter “PIPELINE”, Issue 11, 2007 The Pharmaceutical Information and Pharmacovigilance Association (PIPA) © Copyright PIPA

17. Key Clients Pharmaceutical Companies Academic Institutions Government and Regulatory bodies Drug information centres such as UKMi Hospitals and other healthcare organisations

18. Publishing Partners American Pharmacists Association (APA) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) British Medical Association (BMA) Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPS) Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group

19. Access Methods Username and Password IP Recognition Athens/Shibboleth SSO (Single Sign On)

20. Support and Training Online flash based training demo’s are available for Martindale and Stockley’s – more to come Online training PowerPoint presentations for other resources Case study booklet and CD-ROM’s can be provided Phone and webinar demonstrations available for staff on request Periodical training webinars are to be provided by our publishing team, meeting details and times can be provided on request.

21. Free Trials Available for all resources Extended trial periods to allow you time to fully review our products Individual or company/institutional wide Available on request

22. The Future Merck Index (live from 16 th June) Stability Indicating HPLC Methods for Drug Analysis Further titles to be added in 2008

23. Thank you Helen Carver helen.carver@rpsgb.org 0044 (0) 20 7572 2347