PNII is a comprehensive resource for current and retrospective pharmaceutical industry news, indexing 18 major U.S. and European news publications, as well as a leading Japanese publication. The database provides the latest news on legislation and regulations, research progress, marketing trends, controversial drug issues, recalls and new drug and device approvals. Newsletters are indexed cover-to-cover and provide details on people, products and companies.
The following alphabetical list provides the two-letter label, the relevant alias, and an example for each Pharmaceutical News Index field.
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Label Name/Example
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an Accession Number
example: 900001.an.
de Descriptors
example: otc switches.de.
id Identifiers
example: s794.id.
ip Issue/Part
example: 1420.ip.
is ISSN
example: 0739-4608.is.
jc Journal Code
example: fdc.jc.
jn Journal Name
example: pharma japan.jn.
jw Journal Word
example: pink.jw.
pg Page
example: '16'.pg.
so Source [JN,JW,VO,IP,PG,YR fields]
example: medicine.so.
st Subtitle
example: recall$.st.
ti Title
example: fda approval.ti.
up Update Code
example: 9440.up.
vo Volume
example: '46'.vo.
yr Year of Publication
example: 1994.yr.
The following are the Ovid limits for the Pharmaceutical New Index database. Both forms of syntax for applying the limit directly at the command line are given where relevant.
Limit Name Example
Latest Update
Command Syntax: ..l/1 up=y
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to latest update
Publication Year
Command Syntax: ..l/1 yr=93
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to yr=1993
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to yr=93
Source Publications
Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to clinical lab letter
Change to Pharmaceutical News Index from another database
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Command Syntax: ..c/pnii
Sentence Syntax: use pnii