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LINK TOGETHER A THERAPY AREA AND A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT PHASE
This search example will focus on how to link together a therapy area and a particular development phase. For example: Seeking
drugs currently in Phase 2 clinical for Asthma. This search can easily be done using the Advanced Search.
1. Advanced Search is located in the top right of every screen, under the Quick Search button.
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2. Once you open up the Advanced Search, you will be defaulted to the Drugs tab. We will use the filter for Current Development
Status. For our search example, we will start by choosing a therapy area. On the field for Indication, click directly in the search
box, or on the icon adjacent, to display the hierarchical index tree for a list of terms from which you may select.
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3. Browse, Lookup, or Search to locate terms. For our example, we will choose the indication of “Asthma.” Once you have typed
in your term, click on the Look up button.
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4. Once you have selected “Asthma” from the list, it will appear in the Selected Items area below. Selecting the parent term will
pick up the related children terms. Click on Apply to add it to your search criteria.
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5. Next go to the Status index, and select “Phase 2 Clinical” and then check Link to highest status button.
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6. Next we will add an additional field of Highest Status to our search criteria.
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7. Your search Strategy will look like the screen shot below. Next click on SEARCH to run your search.
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8. Your results will include drugs for Asthma not higher than Phase 2 clinical. These drugs may also be in Phase 2 or lower for
other indications.
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9. There are several options to analyze your drug results further. You can expand your results view per page, change your sorting
options, save your results and set up an email alert, or export them.
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