Clinical Trials and the FDA
An article by Zeke Ashton on the Motley Fool website Fool.com describing the history of the FDA and the clinical trial process that drugs must complete in order to be approved by the FDA.

FDA Drug Review Process
A page describing the FDA approval process and also the FDA recall process.  This site also contains links to pages within the FDA website.

FDA Drug Approval List
A complete listing of the drugs approved by the FDA.  The list is updated weekly and is listed by month and year.

Electronic Orange Book Drug Database
Database of all drugs, generic and branded, approved by the FDA.   Searches of the database are made by active ingredient, applicant holder, proprietary name, and application number.  Along with drugs information, patent and exclusivity information is given.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office
Searching the patent and trademark databases is free.  Full-text is available for each patent. 

Orange Book Patents Database
A subscription database, that contains drug patent expirations, patent titles, claim types, and links to patents' texts along with other information.

European Patent Office
Information and links to useful patent sites provided by the European patent offices.

Tesco Patent Watch Services
This Japanese company monitor Japanese patents and applications as soon as they are issued from the Japan Patent Office and for a fee will keep you informed of those related to your area of interest.

Pharma Lexicon's Pharmaceutical Company Database
This database, provided by Pharma-lexicon.com, contains every drug company throughout the world.  The database contains the company's address and contact details along with a link to their web site if it exists.  The companies can be viewed by country or searched by company name. 

Drug Company Database
Short-listing of some of the major drug companies with links to company information, financial data and news from Bloomberg, Hoovers and Yahoo Research.

Comparison of Biotechnology Market Research Vendors on the Internet
A two-page table comparing market research vendors on the Internet that focuses on the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.  The table compares such features as availability of free reports, ability to download fee-based reports and the availability of custom research.  The table also lists the market sector each vendor covers.

Cafe Pharma
A website for pharmaceutical sales professionals.  This website provides pharmaceutical news, a vendor database, and a chat room along with other resources.

Pharmaceutical Online
A subscription site that features original articles, case studies, news stories, products and job posting for the pharmaceutical industry.  Directed toward professionals and vendors in the pharmaceutical industry.

BioPortfolio.com
A subscription site that provides business information about the drug development sector.  BioPortfolio serves the pharmaceutical, life science and biotechnology market.

CoreyNahman.com
A good source of pharmaceutical news.  The news is updated twice daily.