Martindale and other health texts to be available online in China
A range of drug and health care reference materials, including Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference, is to be made available online in China.
RPS Publishing, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s publishing division,
has announced an agreement with the National Science and Technology Library
in Beijing to provide MedicinesComplete to academic institutions in China.
MedicinesComplete is a comprehensive online service offering access to
evaluated drug information and up-to-date clinical information for pharmacists,
clinicians, analytical chemists, physicians, nurses, researchers, librarians,
pharmaceutical companies and information professionals.
In addition to Martindale, MedicinesComplete includes the
British National Formulary, the BNF for Children, ‘Stockley’s
drug interactions’, ‘Herbal medicines’, the ‘Handbook
of pharmaceutical excipients, ‘Dietary supplements’, ‘Clarke’s
analysis of drugs and poisons’ and the American Hospital Formulary
Service’s ‘AHFS Drug Information’.
MedicinesComplete contains over 100,000 references to worldwide original
research, scientific papers, guidelines, meta-analyses, systematic reviews,
reports and case studies.
The deal has been arranged in collaboration with Charlesworth China,
a subsidiary of the Charlesworth Group, a global supplier of services
to the scholarly publishing sector. The group’s services include
data capture and conversion, translation, copy-editing and typesetting.
Charles Fry, managing director of RPS Publishing, said: “This initiative
forms part of our overall drive to expand the global reach of our products.
“By using the services of the Charlesworth Group, our work in China
will enable a wider academic community to benefit from access to our
extensive
resources.”
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