Providing online non-downloadable software for use in the management of an online browser based, searchable database to aid the pharmaceutical, medical or surgical device and biotechnology industries, as well as medical practice groups/clinics, hospitals, healthcare regulatory bodies, contract research organizations, and other associated healthcare organizations in identifying adverse events, risk assessment and risk predictability during the drug, medical or surgical device and non-drug clinical development and post-marketing surveillance processes by identifying and quantifying patient-specific and non-patient specific adverse events and determining the degree of seriousness, degree of risk and cost-effectiveness of various therapeutic strategies