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It will probably be no surprise to many people that there are many online dictionaries available online today. What might be a surprise is the lack of online dictio

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

nary reviews. I know because I tried to find a site which would give me a quick summary of some of the key features of some of the more popular sites.

So, I decide

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

Examples of combination products may in

d to write my own since I had spent quite a bit of time researching a number of the online dictionaries available.

I’ve listed my views on each site below. They ar

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

e not listed in any order of preference. I’ve just summarised the main features so that you can make your own decisions.

Merriam Webster
www.merriamweb

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

ter.com

The Merriam Webster site is quite comprehensive. It contains both an online dictionary and an online thesaurus. When searching for a word, the definition r

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

Combination pro

eturned also has an audio button so you can hear how it is pronounced.

The site also has links to Word games so it can be quite entertaining to spend some time the

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

re. They also have a dedicated site for the young surfer. The link called Merriam Webster for KIDS actually takes you to their site called Word Central.

One other

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

excellent feature about this site is their free toolbar. With this you will be able to search for words at anytime while you are surfing.

Yourdictionary.com

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

www.yourdictionary.com

This is also a comprehensive site with an online dictionary and an online thesaurus. This site also features audio pronunciations of w

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

ords. It also has word games. A single word translation is available for many languages.

The site is quite busy with many adverts that can be distracting.

Onel

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

ok
www.onelook.com

At first appearance the site looks very basic, but looks are deceiving. The site gets right down to the business of providing you a dic

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

Following aspects would a

tionary to search. Whilst there are no audio pronunciations of words this site does search many dictionary databases to give you a list of definitions. This can be

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

useful if you want to compare and contrast the definition of a word.

One feature on this site that is extremely useful is their reverse dictionary. If you are look

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

ing for a word, just describe it and their database will return a list of words that fit your description. Great for when that word is on the tip of your tongue. Fo

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

example, I entered red fruit as my description and the database listed the names of red fruits.

Websters Online Dictionary
http://www.websters-online-

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

dictionary.org/

Like onelook, this site is very basic in appearance and again it is a site which gets right down to the business of searching for words.

There are

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

no word games or any audio on the site. They do however have a very clever feature which I found very impressive. Simply double click on any word on their site and

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

you are instantly shown a definition for the word you clicked.

Their definitions also provide a really useful crossword helper.

And finally,

Acronymfinder

.

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

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

This is not really an online dictionary, however it is incredibly useful. How many times have you wanted to know what an acrony

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

m meant? This is the site for finding all the answers.

I hope you found this brief review of some of the online dictionaries available today useful and informative

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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