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Do you search with an embedded syntax? If you do, you’ll be able to mine valuable information from search engine repositories. Let me take an example. Suppose you’re looking for non-reciprocal link-givers for your web pages. What will be your search syn

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

tax? It may be something like “Suggest a link” +”keyword”. If you are looking for links for the keyword phrase “clay art”, your search query will be “Suggest a link” +”clay art”.

Now, I am not a search syntax expert. I’ve learnt the above technique fro

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

Examples of combination products may in

Bill Hartzer’s article here. Bill provides good suggestions on how to look for potential link partners.

What becomes apparent is that if you are not a search expert, you

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

tand to loose out on valuable information from search engines. Many of us suffer from this disadvantage despite search engines’ help, such as this one from Google.

While reflectin

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

on this some time back, I started to realize that it is indeed less than often that I am really able to unearth solid relevant information from search engines. There are 2 main issues here. First is our ability or inability to squeeze out information f

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

Combination pro

om search engines. The second is search engine’s ability or inability to provide relevant information in response to your query. Listed below are some obvious hindrances that I’ve faced in my ‘search experience’. Readers are welcome to offer their exper

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

ence.

Search engines produce results based on search terms. If your search term doesn't match that of a product's website you ought to see, it'll altogether elude your attention.

Search results are in fact prioritized web pages. Sin

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

e a webpage does not describe the full website, it is often possible that though you’ve arrived at the right website, yet you’re unaware that your information is available in another webpage. You may probably give the page a miss.

Even if the

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

most-suitable’ product's webpage does find its way in your search results, it may be embedded deep inside the results that appear. It's hopeless to sift some 260,000 results or more to get your pick.

Search engines are constantly in a flux, al

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

ering its algorithm now and again to remain in reckoning for maximum usage by surfers, thereby affecting search results. What are there today, are gone tomorrow.

Many web pages are not optimized for top search results. After all, how many keyw

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

rds/keyphrases can one optimize for? And then, once begun, one has to cling on to it, lest others ‘snatch’ the prized positions. Clearly, for many, such exercise is time-consuming and costly.

All search engines are not equally popular everywhe

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

Following aspects would a

e. If Google is numero uno in US, many in continental Europe prefer MSN. Besides, many websites opt for PPC ads or other online ads in various lesser-known search engines and directories. Therefore to find your best deal, you need to extensively search

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

t many places, which clearly is not a practical solution.

In places where internet awareness is high, mass emailing, classified ads, press releases, etc. are some of the preferred promotion techniques for many, instead of search engine marketi

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

To economize cost vis-?-vis quick return, many websites with excellent products prefer offline advertisements to online promotion.

In fast-changing web-scenario, if products or brands are sold and/or re-branded, or if the owner-co

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

panies loose focus, even best-selling items get heaped at the bottom, though still available online. It's virtually impossible to locate them in search results.

Many websites are too large to be fully indexed by search engine crawlers, or may

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

e too slow to obvious discomfort of the crawlers.

Just aiming top search ranking simply doesn't ensure a product's usefulness vis-?-vis your need. With proper optimization techniques, it is not difficult for any webpage to come on top in searc

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

results. Then again, for many websites, there is a mistaken priority to rank high in search results instead of providing quality information to the viewers.

The bottom-line is that unless you plough through your searches with dogged determ

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

nation and armed with a fine comb, chance is that search engines may not fetch you the answer you want, and want it now! In my experience, on an average, 6 times out of 10, I don't get the *ONE* I want.

And then consider the time it takes. Not many of

.

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

s can or will spend an entire evening or two for just one nagging query. Also, few searchers are able to query intelligently since searching with requisite syntax is a specialization itself. To add to woe, this varies from one search engine to another.

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

o wonder, even Google charges you for specific searches.

In an extension of this article, I plan to next look at the various options that are now available to get information on the web

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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Search engine matrix, is evolving by the day. The on-page factors that are thought be having an influence on the search engine rankings can be classified as per their relevancy and importance. However, it's pertinent to note here that ultimately the exact importance imparted to any factor can at best be somewhere near the exact matrix followed- not to the point as it’s understood that search engines wouldn’t actually disclose their exact methodology.

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