[Sigbioinform-l] Pharm./Biotech Information Wish Lists Wanted

[Biotech. Info. Inst.]

What new pharmaceutical, biotech or other life sciences information
resources would you like to have?
Are there any products, services, multi-client reports, etc., that you wish
you were more affordable, targeted, or of better quality?
Are there products/services you have dropped due to excessive cost, or are
no longer available?

I am an information specialist/desktop publisher (one-person company)
looking for new products/services to develop for the pharmaceutical,
biotechnology or broader life sciences communities.  I recently completed
the 4th edition of my biopharmaceutical products reference book (see
http://www.biopharma.com), and am looking to start a new project(s).  This
could involve any type of information product/service (I can handle both the
information aspects and complex subject matter).

I particularly welcome learning of products/services that will:
a) require less than 75% of an individual¹s (my) time for
development/maintenance and marketing;
b) be commercially viable, ideally with an eventual „$8-$10,000 in sales per
man-month of effort (allowing modest income after expenses/overhead);.
c) be cumulative vs. transitory in nature, i.e., are unlike consulting or
newsletters with little or no cumulative value (while most databases,
reports, etc., can accumulate or retain value with periodic updating).

Otherwise:
Does your organization have internal information or information resources
appropriate for commercialization, publication, cost-recovery, etc.?
Do you have internal products/services that might better be outsourced?

I welcome all wish lists, suggestions, and complaints about current
resources.  As appropriate, I may summarize these for the group.

Thank you.

Ronald A. Rader, MLS
President
Biotechnology Information Institute
1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone:  301-424-0255
E-mail:  biotech at biopharma.com
Web sites:  www.biopharma.com; www.bioinfo.com