出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/17 15:20 UTC 版)
First DataBank, Inc. (FDB), currently owned by Hearst Corporation, is a publisher of pharmaceutical industry market information and information technology. The firm, headquartered in South San Francisco, California, is best known for its controversial drug pricing surveys of the McKesson Corporation, a drug wholesaler, to determine benchmarks for what drug retailers in the United States are charged by wholesalers. First DataBank is the top publisher of pharmaceutical market surveys, which in turn are used by insurers, state health programs and other drug buyers for the purpose of negotiating reimbursement rates paid to pharmacies and other providers.[1]