Subject Guides Prepared by the Swain Library

Biotechnology

Finding Information on Biotechnology Companies

Biotech Company Directories | Biotech Company Financial Information | Biotech Company News | Intellectual Property/Research and Development for Biotech Companies | Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues in Biotechnology

The Jackson Business Library at Stanford has created a guide to help users find information on companies: Key Sources for Company Information (pdf).

Below are additional resources that you can use to find information on biotechnology companies.

Biotech Company Directories

Start with the directories listed below. Additional information is located in the Directories section of the Library Guide to Biotechnology Resources at Stanford.

BIOSCAN (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, c1987-). Vol. 1-: LOCATION: Jackson Business TP248.17.B56 LATEST 12 MONTHS RETAINED: PERIODICAL STACKS; LATEST ISSUE: REFERENCE ALPHABETICAL SUBJECT SECTION: BIOTECHNOLOGY (Library has (1995, 1998)
Biospace: The Essential Resource for Today’s Bioscience Leaders: This site was created to help foster a worldwide community of shared interests within the biotech industry. Includes news, jobs, company profiles and news, industry events, resources and more.
THE BIOTECHNOLOGY DIRECTORY (New York, N.Y., USA: Nature Press, 1985-). 1985-: LOCATION: Jackson Business TP248.3.I68 LATEST ON REFERENCE (ALPHABETICAL SUBJECT SECTION: BIOTECHNOLOGY) (Library has 1985-1986(2v.); 1992; 1996-)
Biotechnology Industry Organization: This is the largest trade organization to serve and represent the emerging biotechnology industry in the United States and around the globe.
GEN GUIDES TO BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES 1998 (New York: Mary Ann Liebert, c1998).: LOCATION: Chem & Chem Eng Reserves TP248.17 .G46 1996 and the Lane Medical Library -- Ask at Reference Desk (on/in Ref Desk).

Biotech Company Financial Information

The Jackson Business Library has many resources that contain financial information. See: Research Guides: Company Information.

Web sites for companies may also contain financial information in the section to their shareholders. Below are several resources that you can use via the web. If these web resources do not contain the information you need, go to the Jackson Business Library and consult their resources.

Academic Universe - web access to selected Lexis-Nexis files. Stanford only.: Search for Company News or Company Financial Information. Results include full-text documents. Search Biographical Information to find information originally published in American Men and Women of Science and the Complete Marquis Who’s Who Biographies. Use Reference and Directories to use Forbes Annual Directory, Quotations, Eventline (directory of meetings and conferences), and other resources such as World Business Opportunities and the International Trade Show. Also includes many legal documents.
ABI/Inform (1971+) Stanford Only.: From ProQuest - many fulltext articles in business, finance, management, etc. beginning 1991 and Wall Street Journal, fulltext 1995+.
One of the largest electronic sources of business information. Citations provide complete bibliographic information, indexing, and abstracts from more than 1,000 business journals. More than half of those sources are indexed cover-to-cover. More than 350 are international journals that provide business news and analysis from around the world.

Biotech Company News

ABI/Inform (1971+) Stanford Only.: From ProQuest — many fulltext articles in business, finance, management, etc. beginning 1991 and Wall Street Journal, fulltext 1995+.
One of the largest electronic sources of business information. Citations provide complete bibliographic information, indexing, and abstracts from more than 1,000 business journals. More than half of those sources are indexed cover-to-cover. More than 350 are international journals that provide business news and analysis from around the world.
Academic Universe — web access to selected Lexis-Nexis files. Stanford only.: Search for Company News or Company Financial Information. Results include full-text documents. Search Biographical Information to find information originally published in American Men and Women of Science and the Complete Marquis Who’s Who Biographies. Use Reference and Directories to use Forbes Annual Directory, Quotations, Eventline (directory of meetings and conferences), and other resources such as World Business Opportunities and the International Trade Show. Also includes many legal documents.
Biospace: The Essential Resource for Today’s Bioscience Leaders: This site was created to help foster a worldwide community of shared interests within the biotech industry. Includes news, jobs, company profiles and news, industry events, resources and more.
Biotechnology Industry Organization: This is the largest trade organization to serve and represent the emerging biotechnology industry in the United States and around the globe.
LifeSciencesWorld: A comprehensive directory of international links covering the fields of biotechnologies and life sciences, as well as a Biotechnology Career Center and a Biotech News Center.
Web of Science (SciSearch) — Web version of Science Citation Index and Current Contents. Stanford faculty and students only.: SciSearch includes Science Citation Index and all of the Current Contents series as a web database. Pre-1974 years of Science Citation Index are at the Falconer Biology, Physics, and Lane Medical Library. Alerts, a current awareness service, that allows you to get an email message for new items on topics of interest, is also available via LANL.

Intellectual Property/Research and Development

In order to claim intellectual property rights, a number of companies publish research results in the patent literature rather than in the journal literature. Approximately 70% of the information published in patents is not duplicted in journal articles. Search by company name(s) to find information published by a particular company.

Derwent Biotechnology Resource (1982-) Stanford Only.: Published by Derwent, provides comprehensive coverage of publications describing research in the field of biotechnology. It covers all aspects of biotechnology, including genetic engineering, biochemical engineering, industrial uses of microorganisms, fermentation, enzymes and cell culture, plant propogation, and waste disposal, as reported in scientific journals, conference proceedings, and patents. Updated quarterly. Stanford has a limited number of logins. Please Logout when you are finished.
Web of Science (SciSearch) — Web version of Science Citation Index and Current Contents. Stanford faculty and students only.: SciSearch includes Science Citation Index and all of the Current Contents series as a web database. Pre-1974 years of Science Citation Index are at the Falconer Biology, Physics, and Lane Medical Libraries. Alerts, a current awareness service, that allows you to get an email message for new items on topics of interest, is also available via LANL.
Delphion: Provides access to the bibliographic data and text of all claims of over 2 million patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from 1974 to present. Also contains some patents issued during 1971-1973. Search by keyword, phrase, and patent number; Boolean searches with patent number, title abstract, all claims, assignee, inventors, and attorney/agent. Scanned images of full-text are available for patents issued from 1974-present and can be displayed for free. All patent references are hyperlinked for citation searching. Classification codes are also hyperlinked to find similar patents granted. Provider: Delphion. See the Patents page for a list of additional patent files and patent search aids.

Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues in Biotechnology

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Biotechnology and Food Safety (pdf)
Biotechnology: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS Web)
Biotechnology Industry Organization: This is the largest trade organization to serve and represent the emerging biotechnology industry in the United States and around the globe.
USDA National Agricultural Library: Research and Technology: Biotechnology
Biotechnology Inspection Guide: Reference Materials and Training Aids, November 1991.: Production systems may include animals, cell clones (e.g. hybridomas), mammalian and insect cell cultures, yeast, and bacteria or combinations of these systems. The starting material for manufacturing BDP includes the bacterial, yeast, insect, or mammalia.
BioTrack Online - The Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology: BioTrack Online, the Web site of OECD’s Programme on the Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology, was created in 1995, as a pioneer site at the OECD. BioTrack Online aims, not only to help Member country governments and industries with biotechnology product notifications/assessments, but also to make the information, developed by the Expert Group on Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology, accessible to all who need it, including non-OECD countries that might find it useful. Provider: OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development).
Information Systems for Biotechnology: Agbiotech Online: Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) provides information resources to support the environmentally responsible use of agricultural biotechnology products. Here you will find documents and searchable databases pertaining to the development, testing and regulatory review of genetically modified plants, animals and microorganisms within the U.S.
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology: ICGEB is an international organization established to promote the safe use of biotechnology world-wide and with special regard to the needs of the developing world.
Regulatory Developments in OECD Member countries in Biosafety: Most OECD Member countries have a system of regulatory oversight in place to cover products of modern biotechnology intended for release to the environment. This page indicates (or will indicate)the responsible Ministry/Agency for each Member country, as well as indicating the relevant laws, regulations and/or rules, and Contact points. Information is provided on commercialized applications e.g. commercial field planting, product approvals etc.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER): Includes new drug development and review, and post drug approval process.
The CDER Handbook