Orange Book Blog

These features aren’t actually that new.  They’ve been on Orange Book Blog for months–and you may have noticed or even used them.  But I never really drew attention to them, and I think they’re useful so I wanted to do that now.

• "Search 32 Pharma/Patent News Sites":  Until today, this was called "Pharma Patent News Search", it appeared below the "Categories" in the right-hand column, and it searched only half as many sites.  I renamed it today, moved it up toward the top, and added sixteen more sites to it.  "Search 32 Pharma/Patent News Sites" is a Google Custom Search box, like "Search This Site".  But unlike "Search This Site," which searches only Orange Book Blog for the text you enter in the box, "Search 32 Pharma/Patent News Sites" searches 32 of the best blogs and websites that report pharmaceutical and/or patent news.  I’ll update the custom search and adjust the number of sites searched from time to time.
• "Calendar":  In the left-hand column, I’ve listed (and included hyperlinks for) all the upcoming conferences with which Orange Book Blog has a media partnership.  By the way, no one makes any money off the partnerships (at least directly).  It’s just a mutual publicity arrangement.
• "Older Archives":  TypePad (the blogging software) lists only ten months of archives.  In case that’s not enough, I added a link to all the Orange Book Blog archives–going back to May 2006, when I started the blog.  The link appears directly under the "Archives" in the right-hand column.

I’m always looking for ways to improve Orange Book Blog.  If you have any suggestions, please send me an e-mail.  Thanks again for reading.