First DataBank provides relevant and up-to-date medicines information and real-time clinical decision support to assist clinicians within all healthcare settings.

First DataBank’s Multilex Drug Data File is the UK's market leading drug knowledge base, which holds clinical and commercial information on over 75,000 pharmaceutical products and packs and provides active clinical decision support. Our drug database is an ideal solution for those customers looking to integrate drug information and active clinical checking into a clinical system.

For access to a reliable, stand-alone source of medicines information, First DataBank has developed FIRSTLight, a unique, web-based reference tool which can be used to look up trusted information on any drug, anywhere, anytime, whether there is a clinical system in place or not. Packed with features, FIRSTLight is available online or on the move via an iPhone or iPad.

 Product quality is excellent, we wouldn’t use it if it wasn’t. There’s no margin of error when it comes to dealing with issuing medication.”  
Alison Young, INPS
First DataBank is committed to remaining at the forefront of patient safety improvements and runs an active product development programme based upon feedback from customers, national requirements and newly emerging standards for clinical systems. To find out more about our recent developments and some of the exciting new functionality planned for release soon, visit our New Product Developments page.

We have a large team of pharmacists, clinicians, clinical researchers, healthcare informaticists and software developers who maintain our clinical data and ensure our products are at the forefront of developments within the clinical decision support arena. To guarantee our data is of the highest standard First DataBank operates a Quality Management System that is certified to the latest ISO 9001:2008 standard and all operating procedures are audited on a regular basis.

We also offer the technical expertise to support customers with the integration of our products into clinical systems.

For more details on a specific product, or to read more about our recent and planned product developments, please make a selection from the left hand menu.