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E-Articles - Coming Undone
TO come undone is to be ruined. With computers, you can often avoid this state by using the undo command—a feature we take for granted until we need it to bail us out of a spot of trouble.
Webope
Webope
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
dia defines undo as a return to a previous state by undoing the effects of one or more commands. For example, if you’re working on MS Word or OpenOffice Writer and accidentally delete a block of t
; 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
xt, you can quickly recover it by going to the Edit menu and choosing “undo” or typing its keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Z, or Command+Z on a Mac. Conveniently, this feature works on multiple levels, so
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
you can go back and undo a number of commands starting from the latest to the earliest.
Multiple undo is particularly handy for graphics programs such as Adobe Photoshop, where using the wrong f
Multiple undo is particularly handy for graphics programs such as Adobe Photoshop, where using the wrong f
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
lter can quickly turn a promising photograph into a gray mess. On Corel Draw, having multiple undo levels encourages users to experiment with different visual effects, secure in the knowledge that
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
if they screw up, they can always retrace their steps to an earlier stage of the illustration.
It wasn’t always that easy to recover from mistakes.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the most po
It wasn’t always that easy to recover from mistakes.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the most po
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
pular word processing program, WordStar, had no undo command. Before Version 6, MS Word had only one level of undo. And strange as it may seem, Photoshop didn’t have multiple undo until 1998.
Tod
Tod
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
y, multiple undo is built into most applications but operating systems feature only the most rudimentary forms of the command. If you delete a file by mistake in Windows or Mac OS X, you’ll be abl
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
e to recover it by pressing Ctrl+Z or Command+Z, but only if the file is still in the trash or recycle bin. Ubuntu Linux has no similar command. To recover a file, you must click on the wastebaske
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
and drag the file out.
Operating systems take a different approach to keep users from doing serious damage. For example, if you try to format a hard drive, Windows XP and Mac OS X will pop up a
Operating systems take a different approach to keep users from doing serious damage. For example, if you try to format a hard drive, Windows XP and Mac OS X will pop up a
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
ialog box that asks if you’re sure you want to erase all the data on the disk. In addition, Linux and Mac OS X will ask for an administrative password to make sure the user is authorized to make s
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
uch drastic changes. Somewhere along the line, so the theory goes, the user will actually think about what he’s going to do before he does it.
But the late Jef Raskin, who designed the original M
But the late Jef Raskin, who designed the original M
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
cintosh interface, held that confirmation dialog boxes were a bad idea because people eventually click on “yes” or “OK” by habit, without understanding what’s going on—until it’s too late. It make
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
s more sense, Raskin said, to have a general undo command that worked consistently throughout the system.
Anyone who has mistakenly overwritten a file and realized it the split second after click
Anyone who has mistakenly overwritten a file and realized it the split second after click
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
ng “OK” will appreciate Raskin’s point of view.
Raskin left Apple in 1982 after Steve Jobs took control of the Macintosh project and went on to design a computer called the Canon Cat, which featu
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
ed a prominent “undo” key where the backspace key is on most modern keyboards.
Unfortunately, the Cat didn’t catch on—and neither did the undo key.
Nobody seems to know when undo became a standa
Unfortunately, the Cat didn’t catch on—and neither did the undo key.
Nobody seems to know when undo became a standa
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
rd feature in software. Alan Dix of Lancaster University, has studied human-computer interfaces extensively and notes that as early as 1984, undo was already considered an important part of most s
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
phisticated systems.
Beyond the obvious task of returning a document or file to its previous state, undo is really designed to reduce risk by helping users recover from errors, Dix writes.
The p
Beyond the obvious task of returning a document or file to its previous state, undo is really designed to reduce risk by helping users recover from errors, Dix writes.
The p
.
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
roblem is that undo doesn’t always work the way users expect it to. Certain commands cannot be undone, and sometimes, you can lose track of where you are in the undo history. I imagine these probl
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
ms become even more challenging at the operating system level.
Still, some undo is better than no undo. I’ve often wished for an undo switch that worked in the real world—but that’s another story
Still, some undo is better than no undo. I’ve often wished for an undo switch that worked in the real world—but that’s another story
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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