Thomson Scientific Publishes 'Who is Making The Biggest Splash?' - A Quarterly Review of Scientific Literature on Drugs and Therapies

Thomson Scientific Publishes 'Who is Making The Biggest Splash?' - A Quarterly Review of Scientific Literature on Drugs and Therapies

April 19, 2007

GlaxoSmithKline Tops Charts for Third Quarter in a Row

    PHILADELPHIA, April 19 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Thomson
Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC;
TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to
the worldwide research and business communities, today
announced the release of its most recent quarterly review
of scientific literature on drugs and therapies.  "Who
is Making the Biggest Splash?" was created to provide
an objective assessment of how this tremendous volume of
research is being received within the clinical community
and to give expert measured insight into organizations that
helped to shape professional opinions.  This just published
report covers the months from December 2006-February 2007.

    Findings are based on information compiled by the
Thomson Message Mapping SystemSM which provides data to the
pharmaceutical industry in real-time, evaluating specific
drugs and therapies against competitors as new studies are
being published.  By applying proprietary algorithms to
assess both the quantity and quality of scientific
literature on drugs and therapies from the point of view of
the practicing clinician, the Thomson Message Mapping
SystemSM helps pharmaceutical companies measure the overall
impact of published scientific information.  

    "Our goal at Thomson Scientific is to provide not
only the most comprehensive collection of scientific data
available, but also to continually devise new ways for
companies that operate in the scientific and healthcare
industries to leverage that data in the most effective
manner possible," said Lawrence Liberti, VP, General
Manager, Thomson Pharmaceutical Services.  "The
international pharmaceutical industry is among the most
prolific sponsors of scientific research.  We at Thomson
Scientific are assessing the quantity and quality of the
materials published by pharmaceutical companies, research
institutions and other non-commercial bodies to identify
which organizations have made the biggest splash."

    Who Made the Biggest Splash this Quarter?

    Thomson Scientific's findings report that for the third
straight quarter, GlaxoSmithKline made the biggest impact in
scientific literature between December 2006 and February
2007, more than doubling the 53 identified in the previous
quarter and maintaining a strong enough quality score to
hold its rank of #1.  Researchers affiliated with the firm
issued 125 articles, abstracts or scientific posters
between December 2006 and February 2007. The quality of
those articles was enough to continue GlaxoSmithKline's
prime position in terms of the impact it has made.

    Rounding out the top five were AstraZeneca, Merck,
Pfizer and Eli Lilly. 

    Big Pharma continued to feature prominently in the
rankings: the first seven entries on the list are among the
world's leading pharmaceutical companies. The quality of the
literature backed by Schering, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer
has been particularly high, with Thomson Source Scores of
80% or greater. 

    Of note are the smaller, more focused companies that
have also made their mark. While the volume of their
publication activity was lower than that of Big Pharma,
Sepracor achieved the highest average Thomson Source Scores
for their publications of all the companies on our chart. 

    *For a copy of the full report, including the
methodology behind the findings, please visit: 
http://www.thomsonpharma.com//media/pdfs/tpqr/making-a-splash-0702.pdf

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     Allison Hagan
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