QUIDs were obtained from MINTEL, a market research database, manufacturer's websites or online shopping websites.
Khan said: "Our manufacturer base is now the largest global database of manufacturers online for trade".
In the UK, Let's Make It Here is a database of manufacturers that you can search by category, keyword or location, while in the US Maker's Row can help.
We are currently collecting a database of manufacturers in the countries where our designers are based".
Companies with large databases, including manufacturers, financial services firms and search engines like Google could benefit from the technology, said Joseph Unsworth, a technology analyst at the research firm Gartner.
With language problems, the relatively lax business regulation in most developing countries and incomplete or hard-to-enter government and industrial databases, overseas manufacturers can be opaque even to an experienced online searcher.
Most important, according to the company, is its ability to build complex customer databases that manufacturers can use for sophisticated marketing campaigns.
A template with instructions was developed for each component of the VM indicating where and how to find evidence (search algorithms, biomedical and economic databases, registries, manufacturer, health technology assessment reports, Cochrane reviews, etc)., what to report and how (i.e., standard format).
Treat Asia urged the creation of a regional database of generic manufacturers to help determine which drugs are available in each country.
