Pharmapendium is a new drug safety and pharmacology database released by MDL, the science and medical information subsidiary acquired by Elsevier in 1997.

The site allows you to browse drugs according to their generic categories - antiparkinsons agents, antiperspirants, antipsychotics are among the As - and then to investigate the class by looking at data about individual proprietary drugs, their targets, adverse effects/toxicity, and indications.

The database is very US-focused, featuring a FDA Approvals package for each drug, but this will still be of interest to global users.

Pharmapendium also allows you to browse animal species on which drug treatments have been tested to get a complete picture of the research undertaken or being completed.

I've taken a quick peek at it, and like what I see, but hope to be able to review it in depth for our Resources section in the coming months.