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Whether as an investment or an existing floor plan, space may well be the final frontier. To free more working space in a bustling Los Angeles office, one facility manager introduced a new filing and storage system

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

that not only saved space, it improved filing efficiency and streamlined document retrieval in one of the busiest investment property offices in southern California.

Amy Martin, owner of Universal Property Invest

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

ents, identified improvements that needed to be made in the office. "Our building really stands out. It has a very modern, very 'today' kind of look," said Martin, "and we wanted the interior to work as well. We lo

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

oked at our working area, our common areas, the general floor plan and the ergonomic factors we needed to incorporate into the floor plan to make sure the filing system worked well for everyone," she explained. Mar

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

in considered a variety of alternatives to conserve working space and turned to vertical file storage systems.

Martin first learned about vertical file storage systems while attending a trade show in Las Vegas las

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

t year. “We purchased a vertical file. It greatly reduced the amount of space we were using for filing. Now we can file the same number of blueprints and maps in less than half the space," said Martin. "Space savin

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

was a major consideration in selecting the system," she added. "The compact filing system not only stores more of the documents we use on a day to day basis, but it also improves our filing efficiency."

A single

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

vertical storage unit has the capacity to hold the same number of documents as three 5-drawer flat files, all the while taking up nearly 75 percent less floor space. Traditional filing and storage systems were desi

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

ned for letter or legal-size documents. Through the years, large drawings, maps and charts have been stored in flat files or pigeon holes. One vertical file holds the same number of documents as three 5-drawer flat

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

files, and requires 75 percent less space. Users find that they can save an average of 68 percent in the time it takes to retrieve and store drawings.

Improving efficiency was also a primary concern for Martin. "

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

iling took too much time. When you needed to get to the bottom drawing, you had to go through every other layout. It was even harder to put everything back where it was’. Martin continued, "Vertical file storage sa

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

ves us a lot of time and keeps everything organized. Everything is accessible, easy to get to and very well protected," she said. "The system offers us greater protection for our documents. They can be safely store

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

on hanger strips, which eliminate the need to touch them. We can even give the special documents added protection by using a protective envelope, which easily slides in and out of the cabinets," said Martin.

"Wit

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

hout a doubt, vertical file storage systems are an efficient and ergonomically friendly filing and storage system,” said Martin. "The vertical cabinets are the perfect solution for storing our maps, property diagra

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

s, architectural documents, and pretty much any other document imaginable. The files hold anything from 11 inches up to 6 feet in size, and this system is highly versatile”.

"By transferring files into a compact,

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As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

smaller footprint, we were able to free up a great deal of space. Our one vertical file stores the same number of documents as three 5-drawer flat files and takes less space. We transferred all of the blueprints an

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

floor plans into the new system with room to spare. Because it has a smaller footprint than our old filing system, it saves us a lot of working space," she said. "I can't get over how easy it is to use," she said.

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

"I find it to be much easier to look up specific blueprints and refer to documents quickly." This is no surprise, considering this system takes an average time of 10 seconds to retrieve documents.

“Vertical files

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As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

are extremely versatile," said Amy. "Almost any size and type of document or material may be stored in sequence including blueprints, maps, film, artwork and digital media. Vertical file storage systems offer ident

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ification and color coded accessories to make locating and sorting much faster. Dividers separate projects for further organization. All of the cabinets are fitted with a lock for additional security”.

Brad Barret

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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