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EMBASE is published by the Secondary Publishing Division of Elsevier S
cience B.V., the Dutch-based publishing company that is now part of th
e Reed Elsevier family. From its origins in 1946 (as a biomedical info
rmation service producing the Excerpta Medica Abstract Journals), EMBA
SE has developed into a major biomedical database with particular emph
asis on coverage of drugs and chemicals. It is available via major onl
ine vendors, selected academic networks, and CD-ROM, and is also sold
(as subsets) to individual corporate customers.