This paper will first discuss user-centered design factors and how they should be addressed. This will be followed by the actual Janssen experience in successfully designing and building its adverse experience literature database. It will then highlight criteria for the evaluation of information retrieval systems. The Janssen experience serves as an example that such user-centered design factors can be easily and effectively implemented in a corporate environment.
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