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2. Description

The IADB project started in 1998 as a joint effort of the Department of PharmacoEpidemiology and PharmacoEconomics (PE2) together with pharmacists from community pharmacies. The aim is to create a "laboratory" for research in pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics and pharmacy practice management, using prescription data from these pharmacies. IADB.nl contains prescription data, with information on users, prescribers, and costs of drug prescriptions. Information on users and prescribers is stored anonymously. The data are collected from more then 55 community pharmacies from the Netherlands. The catchment population of these pharmacies is approximately 500,000 people. Since 1999 data from all these pharmacies are available. In some cases data is available from 1994. IADB.nl does not only provide data, but also expertise in epidemiological and statistical research methods.

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4. Available resources

5. Therapeutic/disease areas of research in drug safety/risk-benefit performed in the past 5 years

6. Design of drug safety/risk-benefit studies published in the past 5 years

7. Experience in collecting data directly from individual patients/respondents

None

8. Access to data collection resources

9. Experience in secondary research and meta-analysis

10. Work with existing data resources in the past 3 years

11. Registries established by centre

None

12. Experience in collaboration in a study team

13. Current involvement in research networks

14. Interest in research opportunities which are funded

15. Interest in contract research only if free to publish results

16. Selected publications of the last 5 calendar years