Table 1.
Characteristic | Cerner Multum | First Databank | Gold Standard | Medi-Span |
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Parent company of compendia | Oracle | Hearst | Elsevier | Wolters Kluwer |
Is the compendia considered a pricing data source? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Clinical information included in the dataset |
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Database product(s) | Cerner Multum includes prescription drugs, DTx, over-the-counter drug products, herbal products, and nutraceutical products | MedKnowledge includes FDA-approved prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, and limited collections of disposable or reusable medication devices commonly dispensed by pharmacies. Prizm: includes medical devices. | Gold Standard Drug Database includes prescription drugs, over-the-counter drug products, herbal products, vitamin and nutritional products, medical devices, and diagnostic kits | Medi-Span includes prescription and over-the-counter drug product data, herbal products, vitamin and nutritional products, medical devices, and diagnostic tests and kits |
Inclusion of DTx in the compendia | Yes | Yes: Prizm | Yes | Yes |
Inclusion of PDTs in the compendia | Yes | Yes: MedKnowledge and Prizm | Yes | Yes |
DTx = digital therapeutics; FDA = US Food and Drug Administration; PDT = prescription digital therapeutics.