4. A computer-assisted method of processing a drug information source, the drug information source comprising at least one instance of adverse event content, each instance of adverse event content comprising at least one adverse event characterization, the method comprising: detecting at least one instance of adverse event content from a drug information source; and parsing at least one adverse event characterization from at least one detected instance of adverse event content, whereby a subset of the drug information source is processed into at least one parsed adverse event characterization.
4. A computer-assisted method of processing a drug information source, the drug information source comprising at least one instance of adverse event content, each instance of adverse event content comprising at least one adverse event characterization, the method comprising: detecting at least one instance of adverse event content from a drug information source; and parsing at least one adverse event characterization from at least one detected instance of adverse event content, whereby a subset of the drug information source is processed into at least one parsed adverse event characterization. 6. The method of claim 4 , wherein: adverse event content comprises text content, and each adverse event characterization comprises the set of reaction name and frequency of occurrence characterization.