FreeDiams 0.5.2 "Christmas Edition" released

FreeDiams 0.5.2 is beeing developed, it will be a debug version.

• Update of the interactions data from the AFSSAPS on the basis of the Thesaurus published the 17/12/2010
• Lots of corrections have been done on the IAM engine for the following drugs databases:
  • FDA
  • HCDPD
  • ZA
• Some corrections of interaction level: Unadvised + Contraindication instead of Undavised only
• New 'Interaction Engine Confidence Index':
  • FR: 67%
  • US: 68%
  • CA: 70%
  • ZA: 57%

• New source of IAM added to the engine: the cytochrome p450 family interactions.

Icon presenting a cytochrome p450 interaction

• New source of IAM added to the engine: the glycoprotein-P interactions.

Icon presenting a glycoprotein-P interaction

FreeDiams bibliographic links

FreeDiams now clearly shows the scientific sources of its knowledge:

• 1. Click on the “Get bilbiogrphy” button to get the bibliographic references of the viewing drug-drug interaction.
• 2. Click on the “Link to reference” to go to the source web page from where are issued datas used to compute the interaction
• 3. View the full bibliography (after clicking on 1)

• If a drug can be found in the drugs database, a warning dialog appears and the drug is added as textual drug.