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A hearty welcome to all the spam fighting filters and programs created to rescue us from the deluge of unwanted e-mail! There is practically a “solution”

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

for everything. But as with most online “solutions” filters and programs are only tools that users need to make some effort to use properly to reap the

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

Examples of combination products may in

enefits.

You have to learn how to use these programs to your advantage or you can experience the unexpected downside. How can there be a downside when w

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

e’re talking less spam you say? Unfortunately, all too often legitimate and expected e-mails are being eaten by filters and are ending up in the trash!

T

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

ice this week I received terse e-mails from new clients awaiting my response on certain issues. Because they were new to working with me, they didn’t kno

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

Combination pro

that I usually respond within an hour to most e-mail. My responses were not returned as “undeliverable” so what happened? Where are they? In both inst

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

ances I called my clients only to find my messages had inadvertently landed in their junk or trash folder because of their ISP’s filtering systems.

When

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

ommunicating with clients and in my day-to-day communications, I do not go to extremes to alter certain words that may trip filters in my day to day commu

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

nications. With folks I know, that shouldn’t be an issue because they are supposedly expecting my e-mail. In addition, I always instruct new clients and

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

subscribers to add me to their address book, approved or white list.

Plus as I am sure you’ll agree, you’ve seen all those funky ways of spelling certain

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

words with characters or spaces that are unnatural. I believe they ruin the flow of your message because the reader can’t help but take pause to notice.

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

Following aspects would a

Before you send off a terse e-mail complaining or assuming no response, be sure you have covered the following:

1) When you know you will be communicati

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

g with a specific person on a regular basis, make sure you add them to your approved list or address book as soon as possible. Many onliners now use Web

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

based e-mail such as Yahoo! and MSN that allow them to control who they receive e-mail from. Just as the majority of ISPs now give you the ability to fil

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

er e-mail based on level of spamminess or by adding e-mail addresses to your list so they can get through. Be sure to use these tools to avoid trashing w

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

nted e-mail.

2) Same goes for Web sites or eZines you sign up for. Add their dot com to your list as soon as you sign up. Most legitimate eZines use a

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

double-opt in subscription process that requires you respond or click on a link within an e-mail from them before you get formally added to their list. I

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

you don’t get that e-mail to respond to it—you will not be added.

3) Before you empty your trash or junk folder—go through the trash! Take a quick peak

.

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

and look at the Sender: and Subject: fields to see if names are familiar or for a topic that is expected. Otherwise you risk wanted e-mail going out wit

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

the trash!

Three simple little steps can help ensure the e-mail you do want lands in your inbox. The e-mail you are waiting for may have already arrived

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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