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Main Subject - How to Evaluate and Select Survey Software in 3 Steps
1. Identify Candidates – Make a List.
Build your master list of potential candidates knowing full well you will throw away most of these names in ti
Build your master list of potential candidates knowing full well you will throw away most of these names in ti
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
me. Build up your list using all available means possible. Ask your friends for recommendations, look for online directories that list survey softwar
; 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
(Yahoo, DMOZ, etc), and of course, check the search engines. When searching the internet, be sure to specify the most relevant keyword phrases that
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
ppeal to you. If you are looking for Microsoft-based survey software, you might also try Google’s Microsoft focused search engine.
2. Compare Basic
2. Compare Basic
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
ttributes – It’s Spreadsheet Time.
Create a new spreadsheet. This will be your ratings guide. Going across the first row, put the following attribut
Create a new spreadsheet. This will be your ratings guide. Going across the first row, put the following attribut
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
s: Company Name, Functionality, Cost, Support, Maintenance, Reliability, Performance, Scalability, Usability, Security, Flexibility/Customizability,
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
nteroperability, and Legal/License issues. Also put a couple specific features that you couldn’t live without such as “Multilanguage support,” “Advan
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
ced Branching,” or “available in software and hosted offerings”.
Going down the far right column (Company Name), put the names of the companies iden
Going down the far right column (Company Name), put the names of the companies iden
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
ified in step one. Set aside some time for emails/calls. Use email to make as much headway as possible because getting consumed with phone calls. But
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
in the end, phone calls will give you more of a sense about the people you’d be working with if you end up making the purchase.
3. Analyze Top Candi
3. Analyze Top Candi
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
ates in Depth – Pick Your Top Five, Then One.
By now based upon your conversations with the company staff and using your master list, you should qui
By now based upon your conversations with the company staff and using your master list, you should qui
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
kly be able to narrow down your list to the top five candidates. You might already know by now which company you want to support. Now you can dig in
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
eeper. See if the companies offer a free trial software download or an internet-based trial that you can explore. Make sure you trial the form of su
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
veying (software or hosted) that you want to implement. If you aren’t sure at this point, try both.
Then, when you get closer to making the purchase
Then, when you get closer to making the purchase
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
decision, compare the attributes you liked side by side. Especially when looking at hosted and “market-research” oriented survey software packages,
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
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 sure you understand the incremental costs that will apply once you go over your response limits. When you are using a company’s internet bandwidth,
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
they have to put measures in place to make sure you aren’t using more resources than you are paying for. For example, large research companies like N
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
elson, who sends out hundreds of thousands of surveys per year, would cost significantly more to a company than a 10 person marketing consulting firm
.
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
If you are leaning towards a software-based solution, watch out for limits of number of users and capabilities that you might get charged extra. St
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
rt small and see if you can test run on a hosted solution first, that way if you discover something you don’t like, your investment loss is minimized
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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