In this lesson, we will create a business card, using Microsoft Word. I created a new template for my business card. It can be viewed at:
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
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Choose the information you want to place on you
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
r card before beginning.
Here's how I did it:
Go to 'start' --'Microsoft Word' -- 'file menu' -- 'page setup'. Choose the 'Margins Tab'. Type
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
in 1.25 for the Left and Right margins. That way, two cards will fit on a 8 1/2 x 11in. sheet, side by side. Click 'ok'.
In the 'Format Menu'
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
choose 'Columns'. Where it asks for the number of columns, use the arrows to go down until the number 'two' is in the box. Go down to 'Width'
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
and type in 2.75in. The 'Spacing' will adjust automatically. Be sure the 'Equal Column Width' and the 'Line Between' boxes are checked. Click '
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
ok'.
Let's save it, at this point. Go to the 'File Menu' and choose 'Save As'. You can save it in the same folder we saved the Letterhead, if
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
you choose. I saved mine with my letterhead in 'Business Stationery'. Give the file a name. I named mine -- 'My Business Card'. Click 'Save'.
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
Go to the 'Table Menu' and choose 'Insert Table'. Set the number of 'Columns' and 'Rows' to 'one'. Click 'ok'.
A long, thin box will appear.
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
Move your mouse cursor to the bottom line, until it turns into a double-headed arrow. Click on the double-headed arrow and drag it down to the
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
2in. mark on the left hand side ruler. If the ruler isn't visible in your document, go to the 'View Menu' and click on 'ruler'.
Click inside t
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
he box and add your picture. You have two options here:
1) You can use 'ClipArt', by going to the 'Insert menu' -- 'Picture' -- 'ClipArt. Cho
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
ose your category and find the graphic suitable for your business, click 'ok'. The image will appear in your document.
2) You can use your com
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
pany logo, if you have one, or another picture on your hard drive, by going to the 'Insert Menu' -- 'Picture' -- 'From File'. The pictures on
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
your hard drive (saved in 'My Documents' -- 'My Pictures' will appear). Scroll down the list until you find the one you want to insert. Click
t?
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
on the picture you have chosen, to highlight it. Then click on the 'Insert' button. The picture will appear in your document.
To move the pic
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
ture around inside your table, click on the picture. You will see a four arrow symbol. This allows you to move the picture up, down, right or l
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
eft, by dragging it to the position you want. I wanted my picture to appear in the left, top position, so I moved it to that position. If you
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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
want your picture centered, click on it and click the 'center' button on the tool bar. [The center tool will be lines of text centered. It is t
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
he second picture of text shown.]
To change the size of your picture, click on it, then on one of the corners and drag it to the desired size
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
