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One of the things that can be overwhelming in my house is the accumulation of mail. Like so many of you, I have a busy life, and during the week the mail often gets brought in and piled on the kitchen counter - us

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

ually in several different piles so it's spread all over the place.

I remember reading somewhere that nowadays on average we receive as much mail in a week as our grandparents received in a year, or something out

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

Examples of combination products may in

rageous like that. And are we better off for it? I don't think so! One example - thousands of cases of identity theft each year are related to the theft of people's incoming mail such as pre-approved credit card a

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

d loan offers. Our grandparents did not have to worry about that!

So, here are some tips for cutting down on that unwanted mail:

1. Eliminate the pre-approved credit offers that are such a target for identity th

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

eft - call 888-567-8688 from your home phone or go to www.optoutprescreen.com to send a request over the internet to the major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, Innovis, and TransUnion). I submitted my request ov

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

Combination pro

r the internet to opt out for a period of 5 years. It took me all of 30 seconds to do - less time than opening and then shredding one credit offer!

2. Eliminate your name from the Direct Marketing Association mai

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

ling list either by sending them a form or filling out a form on the web - both located at www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailing#regform (www.dmaconsumers.org). This will cost you $1 and it may take 3 to 6 months to

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

see a reduction in direct marketing material.

3. Get off the List Broker's lists. These take a little more time because they don't have web or phone-based opt out forms, but you can write to each individually. T

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

ese list brokers sell their mailing lists to all sorts of companies. Write to the following companies, provide your name and address, and ask them to remove you from their lists.

Dunn & Bradstreet, Customer S

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

ervice, 899 Eaton Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18025

Metromail Corporation, List Maintenance, 901 West Bond, Lincoln, NE 68521

R.L. Polk & Co. - Name Deletion File, List Compilation Development, 26955 N

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

rthwestern Hwy, Southfield, MI 48034-4716

Database America, Compilation Department, 470 Chestnut Ridge Road, Woodcliff, NJ 07677

4. Abacus and Acxiom are other direct marketing organizations, and

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

Following aspects would a

you can opt out of their mailing list by following these directions:

To opt-out of the Abacus database, please write to Abacus, P.O. Box 1478, Broomfield, CO 80038. Alternatively, you may send an email conta

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ining the same information to optout@abacus-us.com. Include your full name (including any middle initial), your current address (and previous address if you have been at your current address fewer than s

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

x months). When you opt-out, your record will be suppressed from the Abacus Master File, ensuring your Abacus household record is not selected from the Abacus Database by other Abacus members.

Acxiom – F

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

or our marketing and directory products consumers may request opt-out by sending an e-mail to optoutus@acxiom.com or by calling 1-877-774-2094.

5. For the mail addressed to "Resident" or "Occupant", try opti

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

g out with Advo either by calling 888-241-6760 or by going to www.advo.com/consumersupport.html.

6. The US Postal Service - When you move and fill out a change of address form with the USPS, they rent your forwar

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ding information to a few dozen private businesses. Remember, more junk mail means more revenue for the USPS! So check with your post office for the best procedure, but instead of filing a change of address form y

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

ou might want to notify people of your change of address on your own and have the post office hold your mail from the old address until everyone you want to know your new address knows it.

Following these tips sh

.

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

uld eliminate a lot of the unwanted mail you receive on a daily basis and give you some added protection against identity theft. Additional resources for learning how to control both unwanted mail and unwanted tel

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ephone marketing are: www.fightidentitytheft.com and the book Scam-Proof Your Life: 377 Smart Ways to Protect You & Your Family from Ripoffs, Bogus Deals & Other Consumer Headaches (AARP) by Sid Kirchheimer

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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