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Advice You - Web Accessibility
What is web accessibility?Web accessibility is all about making a website accessible to all Internet users irrespective of browsing technology used and
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
physical disabilities. Anyone who accesses the web is not necessarily using latest browser available or all the available plug-ins. Therefore when any websit
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
is not providing any alternative to these user groups, it is not accessible to all Internet users. As far as business is concerned, an inaccessible website w
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
ill definitely loose some potential visitors. Again Internet is a public service and when any website is not accessible to everyone ,it depriving a part of so
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
iety to use its service.
This concept of "Accessibility" is wide spread and covers many more than web services. But I will stick to only web accessibility. V
This concept of "Accessibility" is wide spread and covers many more than web services. But I will stick to only web accessibility. V
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
ery often "accessibility" is confused with "usability" of a website. More or less both have few things in common but still are very different. Its explanation
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
is beyond the scope of this article, but I think this small example will do the job. Suppose a chocolate is kept on a very tall cupboard. To know its taste fi
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
rst you have to reach there or first see that the chocolate is there. So, any website has to be accessible to prove its usability.
The most common myth about
The most common myth about
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
accessibility is that it is for the disabled people only. Yes, it covers the disabled but not all about them. This belief is wide-spread because not everyone
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
is aware of all the browsing technologies. Bellow is a list that covers few browsing technologies.
LYNX: It is the most widely used text browser that does no
LYNX: It is the most widely used text browser that does no
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
support images, tables,scripts and animation. LYNX download : www.vordweb.c
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
o.uk/standards/download_lynx.htm
WEB TV: Width of 560px and does not allow horizontal scrolling.
Hand held devices: Latest toy for rich grou
WEB TV: Width of 560px and does not allow horizontal scrolling.
Hand held devices: Latest toy for rich grou
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
of Internet users. With today"s technology they have limited support for scripts and large images.
Slow connection(bellow 56kb): Usually the users turn off
Slow connection(bellow 56kb): Usually the users turn off
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
images to have faster load. So ,accessibility addresses all Internet users not only disabled people. Major accessibility curlprits : He
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
e are some areas that are more prone to accessibility issues. Several other areas exist that should be taken care of while designing an accessible website.
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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
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
a)Images
(b)Scripts
(c)Tables
(d)Multimedia
(e)Electronic forms
Accessibility Testing: As I have been involved in accessibility testing for quite a few
(b)Scripts
(c)Tables
(d)Multimedia
(e)Electronic forms
Accessibility Testing: As I have been involved in accessibility testing for quite a few
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
ime, I can say from my experience that manual testing with assistance from automated tools is the best combination to test the accessibility of any website. A
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
lso "Accessibility Tool Bar" is a must have while performing accessibility testing.
Conclusion and Resources: For detailed explanation of the above to
Conclusion and Resources: For detailed explanation of the above to
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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
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
ic you can go to my blog at smruti-bugfree.blogspot.com. The article "How accessible you are
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
" describes web accessibility is detail . In that post I have provided all the resources and urls that I found helpful to understand and work on accessibility
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
HTTP = HTML link (for blogs, profiles,phorums):
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