Abstract
Construction of a database system compiling the medical and drug information appearing in the manufacturer's bulletins was prompted by the increasing need for pharmacists working with medical professionals to understand adequately the current status and perspective of medical services.
This demand has been further supported by the fact that medical information obtained from the manufacturer's bulletins has been confirmed to be very useful because of the straightforward explanations offered and the detailed, current therapeutic data presented for particular fields. The application software used for the database system is “MEGABOX-VP” (REED REX Co., Ltd.), a relational database. This system is composed of the eight files of bibliography, journal, content, object, drug information, medical technology, disease and ethical drug. Each file can be combined with any other file by window. The search for particular information is performed by combining key words or code numbers of files.
