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TL;DREisbergsuche® is the parallel search at the centre of pharmazie.com: you enter one query, and it runs simultaneously across every connected pharmaceutical database, returning the results grouped into per-database buckets. Instead of searching the ABDA-Datenbank, the ROTE LISTE, the shortage list and the EU product database one after another, you search once.
The name states the idea. An iceberg shows a small surface and hides most of its mass below the waterline. A single search field on the screen is the surface; beneath it sit 25+ databases whose combined content would otherwise stay out of view. The Eisbergsuche brings that hidden mass up in one pass, which is why it is the platform's central search and a registered feature name.
The Eisbergsuche resolves one query against a shared index over all active databases and then presents the results by source. A worked example makes the mechanism concrete. A search for "Ibuprofen" returns 5018 hits across 14 databases in a single result set, split into per-database buckets so you can see immediately where the matches sit.
| Database | Hits for "Ibuprofen" |
|---|---|
| EU Datenbank: Arzneimittel | 2280 |
| ABDA-Datenbank: Aktuelle Meldungen | 752 |
| ABDA Artikelstamm | 562 |
| ABDA-Datenbank: Deutsche Fertigarzneimittel | 271 |
| ROTE LISTE | 25 |
| ABDA-Datenbank: Pharmazeutische Stoffliste | 11 |
| Lieferengpässe: Deutschland | 2 |
| ABDA-Datenbank: Wirkstoffdossiers | 1 |
These eight buckets are the named counts from a live search; the full result set spans 14 databases in total. The point of the buckets is triage: a professional chasing a supply problem goes straight to the Lieferengpässe count, a market analyst to the EU database count, without re-running the search.
The same search can also be pointed at a single database. A scope selector lets you run the query against just the ABDA Artikelstamm, the shortage list, the EU product database or any other connected source, which turns the Eisbergsuche from a broad sweep into a focused lookup when you already know where the answer lives. When the scope is set to the ABDA Artikelstamm, the result is a sortable, filterable table with an export button rather than the bucket view, so the same query serves both exploration and structured data work.
Two mechanisms sit over the result set. Facet filters apply across all hits at once: Informationstyp, Applikationsweg, Anwendungsform, ATC-Code (WHO) and Menge/Mengeneinheit. Alongside the list, a context box surfaces the categories that most often follow a drug search: Preisänderungen, Aktuelle Marktzulassungen, Marktzulassung Änderungen, Aktuelle Meldungen and Lieferengpässe. The result list itself carries the columns Name, Anwendungsform, Hersteller and Menge, so a hit is legible before you open it, and every list view offers an export so a refined result set can leave the platform as a file.
The Eisbergsuche is not one database; it is the search layer over all of them. Each connected database keeps its own detail depth and its own source-and-date stamp, and the Eisbergsuche is what unifies them behind a single query.
One honest limitation: the buckets you see depend on which databases your subscription connects. A database you have not licensed does not contribute hits, so two users can run the same query and see a different number of buckets.
