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1. Setting Up. Whether you are designing your own site or gathering information for a designer/developer it is a good idea to set

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

up a special folder for your website. Within that folder have folders labeled "working files" (for the content and any images and graph

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

Examples of combination products may in

cs that you are creating), "images" (where you will place the finished graphics and images), and other special folders. I find that if I

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

keep everything well organized, adding, expanding and moving the site becomes much easier.

2. Pick an authoring program. If you

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

re designing your own site, you may use HTML (straightforward coding that is easy to learn, but has design limitations) or you may decid

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

Combination pro

to use a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) program. Examples are:

Microsoft’s Front Page - easy to learn if you

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

are already familiar with Microsoft’s Office and has some nice features. Just don’t fall into the trap of using their templates (my opin

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

on is that they are all over the Internet and yell "amateur").

Adobe’s GoLive -- I haven’t personally used this program

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

but would suggest it if you are already using other Adobe programs. The newest version has some powerful and useful features.

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

Macromedia’s Dreamweaver -- my authoring program of choice. It is not cheap, and has so many capabilities it takes time to learn.

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

However, if you work through the tutorials, you will be able to get a basic, well-designed website up without trouble. You can always le

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

Following aspects would a

arn the bells and whistles in time.

3. Gather and create content. Again, whoever is doing the designing needs worthwhi

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

e content (the two major considerations for the success of a website are usability and content).

Copy -- should be cle

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

r, concise, worthwhile reading and not loaded with hype. I know that you will find people on the Internet who tell you they are making m

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

llions and their sales pitches go on and on. I hope when you were planning, your goal wasn’t to make "millions." Well written articles a

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

e tops with the majority of people you and I want to attract, and can always be incorporated into special reports and/or e-books in the

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

future.

Graphics -- banners, buttons, clip art and/or photographs should be chosen for your target audience and with do

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

nload time in mind. Large, high-resolution photographs will slow the download time, and if your target visitors don’t have high speed co

.

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

nections, they won’t wait.

Suggested graphics programs (what I use) are Macromedia Fireworks and Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

Both are excellent and have a huge number of capabilities. If you are using Dreamweaver, it works hand-in-hand with Fireworks.

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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