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I remember back in the 1980s (history for many of you reading this), I had a friend working at the University of California who had access to the Internet through the University system. It was new, it w

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

as esoteric, it was for academicians, nerds, and professional scientists.

Another friend, a salesman, pondered the commercial possibilities. "Sales and marketing," my University friend intoned, is "str

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

Examples of combination products may in

ngly frowned upon" by the Internet community.

Fast forward 20 to 25 years. What happened?

A system designed for researchers and academic communities to discuss ideas has become one of the primary mean

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

of communication for individuals throughout the world. It is the great leveler: a Bosnian peasant, a Kenyan tribesman, an urban ghetto adolescent, with access to a computer, is on a level with global c

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

rporations and top decision makers. The world wide web has created an unprecedented opportunity for verbal intercourse, far beyond anything that has historically been available, for anyone, even the ric

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

Combination pro

and powerful. Blogs, personalized and updated, perhaps several times a day, allow the most humble their day in the sun.

What have we done with this new weapon with its potential to unite the world and

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

give every individual, no matter how powerless and lonely, the chance to interact on the world stage?

We have commercialized it beyond any reasonable "make a sale" level. We have created the ultimate i

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

ternational snake oil salesperson. We have taken the "great communicator" and transformed him into the "great con."

How did this happen? The desire to sell something - anything - morphed into simply th

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

desire to sell. Join any traffic site, SEO group, PR Newsletter, or Internet Forum and you will be immediately inundated with messages about selling.

Is there anything wrong with trying to sell a prod

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

ct? Of course not, that is what makes the wheels of commerce go round. I have no objection whatsoever to someone trying to sell me something - that is their job and I respect their right to pursue it.

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

hat totally sickens me (how about you?) are the people who are not trying to sell me a product but are selling "how to sell."

I belong to several traffic exchange sites (I willingly admit that I'm tryi

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

Following aspects would a

ng to sell a book) that require me to spend 20 to 30 seconds on other exchange program websites. I have no problem with, and actually admire, someone trying to sell me something, whether I want it or no

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

. I even find myself sighing with relief when I reach a site selling an actual product, whether a bottle of pills, a newsletter, a gift, or an e-book.

What frustrates, exasperates, and eventually disgu

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

ts me, is the webmaster out there who is not really selling anything tangible, merely selling the reader on selling. How many ads have you encountered that want you to sign-up for "The List," "Marketing

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

Secrets Revealed," or "Make $___ within 48 hours without lifting a finger." How many times have you clicked on a link only to find the same theme: how you can make money off everyone else?

If everyone

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

n the net is there to make money, from whom are they making their living? Is there really a vast population of the unwashed, sitting quietly reading their emails and surfing unending Websites, who exist

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

just to buy stuff from these overzealous marketing gurus? Or does the money simply rotate as marketers buy from marketers toward the supreme goal of becoming a better marketer?

We live in the informati

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

n age where knowledge is power, the details of both history and today's world are only a mouse click away, and the ease of access to almost everything approaches the speed of interplanetary travel. What

.

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

productive use have we identified for all of this data?

Future archeologists, digging through our abandoned middens and long forgotten dumpsites, may finally stumble across our great weakness: that mak

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ng money is the be-all and end-all of life.

Shaking their heads in regret, they will publish their findings, reporting on a great civilization that eventually collapsed under the weight of its own hype

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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