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What makes the Internet such an efficient channel (if used properly) is that it can be instantly measured, analyzed, evaluated an

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

d optimized.

Get the right message to the right audience at the right time. Look for context and behavior. Be relevant.

The sal

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

Examples of combination products may in

esperson’s argument for the CPM model is that you get branding included in the price (even for campaigns whose sole purpose is to

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

drive sales). Sure, there are ways of measuring branding, but it’s also easy for those who sell advertising space to hide behind

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

that as a way of trying to avoid having to offer CPA and face full accountability. The only reason why more advertisers aren’t p

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

Combination pro

ushing for CPA is lack of knowledge or a failure to realize that online advertising isn’t the same as offline advertising.

Even

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

if the only purpose of your campaign is branding, why not opt for CPC instead of CPM? You probably want people to click on your b

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

anner and come to your website. Then why settle for views? You want an action. The action is to visit your website. CPC seems lik

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

e the better choice to me.

Committees such as KIA and organizations such as The Association of Swedish Advertisers should, in my

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

opinion, educate advertisers on the benefits of moving to paying for performance rather than paying for quantity.

Even if you a

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

re not offered CPA as a price model you can easily calculate CPA in order to evaluate the outcome of campaigns. The more business

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

Following aspects would a

es that calculate CPA, the better purchasers of advertising space they become.

A very simple formula to calculate CPA: total co

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

st of advertising / # of wanted and defined actions (usually some sort of conversions)

Calculate how much it costs to get a visi

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

tor to take a wanted action if you use CPM and CPC.

Try to avoid CPM if you can.

Yes, I am a bit tough on CPM. And, by all mean

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

s, do continue to offer it. However, advertisers should at least have the option of choosing between CPM, CPC and CPA. But first

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

advertisers need to understand the difference.

To sum things up:

* KIA (and their equivalents in other countries) should educat

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

e advertisers on the benefits of CPA.

* KIA could also try to get affiliate networks (and other types of networks and websit

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

es that offer CPA) to agree on a standard for measuring conversion. Today all networks have their own codes that you have to add

.

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

to your conversion points meaning you may end up paying for one sale to several networks (if the visitor has clicked on ads from

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

several networks within 60 days or whichever time span the network uses).

My final words:
Ta ta CPM! May you rest in peace!

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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