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Physicians' Desk Reference

PDR...Through the years, from 1946 to 2016

1962

2002

2016

1989

1947

mobilePDR is launched for Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).

PDR Drug Interactions, Side Effects, and Indications diskettes are distributed.

J. Morgan Jones puts out the first edition of the

The amended FD&C Act requires drug makers to prove to the FDA that their products are safe and effective prior to marketing, which increases the length of monographs.

Physicians' Desk Reference to Pharmaceutical

Specialties and Biologicals.

PDR's landmark 70th Edition will require 19 tractor-trailer loads of 267 rolls of paper, at an average roll weight of 3,500 pounds.

The amount of linear feet of paper required to produce the 70th Edition is equivalent to 876 climbs to the top of Mount Everest!

1991

2004

Pocket PDR, the first handheld device containing drug information, is introduced.

The PDR breaks a record! The 2004 edition is 3,500 pages long and is distributed to 480,000 practicing physicians in the US.

2016 and beyond!

1947

2015

1961

1982

PDR starts including a photographic section of selected drugs to enable visual drug identification.

These comments were shared with permission by actual PDR users.

The PDR's paper stock is produced in Madawaska, ME, the northern-most point in the continental US.

The shortest route to transport

the paper from Madawaska's

mill to PDR's printing plant in

Chicago is through Canada.

PDR launches a completely re-envisioned mobilePDR, the official drug information and comparison app, at no cost for all US healthcare professionals.

This is the first version of mobilePDR that is

designed and produced by PDR's Technology

Team.

1986

The PDR database in a flat file is first offered to Merck, which allows PDR data to be used in an offsite setting. Today, most major pharma companies and institutions use enterprise versions of the PDR on their intranets.

1984

PDR On-Line service is introduced.

1974

Information on diagnostic products in included.

1968

The book introduces its first biannual supplements.

2010

eDrug Update email newsletters and 60-Day Updates in both emailed and printed formats are published as a free service to keep the book current between editions.

1983

The PDR goes GREEN! 40% of the paper is made from recycled content. The virgin pulp is harvested locally within 50 miles of the paper mill to reduce our carbon footprint.

Happy 70th Edition

to the Physicians' Desk Reference!

Thank you for your continued support.

2013

The PDR eBook is issued. This is the first fully digital edition.

PDR introduces PDR+ for Patients consumer-friendly drug guides, made available via EMRs and on PDR.net.

The PDR Pharmacy Discount Card program

is launched to help patients afford their

prescription medications. A mobile Card for

smartphones will be added in 2015.

1999

PDR launches Gettingwell.com, the first PDR consumer-oriented website. This site will be renamed PDRhealth.com and relaunched in 2002.

2011

The book introduces a dedicated dietary supplement section.

1988

The PDR Library on CD-ROM is issued.

1996

Medecinteractive.com, later renamed PDR.net, is launched. It allows physicians to look up drugs and interactions, and access resources such as Medline

and Stedman's Medical Dictionary.

2012

PDR launches within EMR e-prescribing systems.

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