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452 - We are creating an unbranded teaching easel for physicians to use with patients. The easel is highly visual but does show some disease statistics and mentions classes of drugs/protocols, but not specific brands. Because this piece is never given to the patient, does it come under the same content rules as tools the patient would take home? We want to minimize clutter and just let the physician speak to the images and answer patient questions. For example: - For disease stats, does all of the information on how the stats were collected have to be on the piece? If so, can it just be put on the back of the page that the physician sees, but the patient does not? - In the section where drug classes/protocols are named, does safety information have to be included? If so, again, can this be placed on the physician-view side only? Thank you.
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Specific answers to your questions would require me to know the actual content. I can confirm that it is indeed possible to set up the counselling tool such that, in normal/intended use, some surfaces will be visible only to the HCP while others will be visible to the individual who is being educated. The requirements relating to each surface will then be driven by the intended audience (in normal use) for the surface. Please call the PAAB office if you require additional guidance on this matter.
