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I recently had an experience with one of the affiliate programs I *was* involved with. This experience did not surprise me, but did however, disappoint me. It is a

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

sad fact that it did not surprise me and I thought maybe an article on this subject might bring it to our attention.

I did willingly join this program and accept th

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

Examples of combination products may in

e terms of which I do understand. However, when customers of this online business owner would email me with complaints about the product and the fact that the o

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

wner would not answer any emails, I definitely had to think twice about promoting this product and affiliate program.

So having decided this, I wrote the owner and

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

asked if he could send me the small amount owed to me. I informed him I would not be promoting his product or program any longer and would like what was owed to m

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

Combination pro

e. His reasoning was, he would not pay me because I joined the program willingly and he had a minimum amount.

This I had to accept while thinking, "Wouldn't common

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

decency dictate paying the small amount he owed to a former affiliate?" The money itself does not change my life in anyway of course, but the human side of this rea

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

lly bothers me.

I will credit him with being polite and professional in his emails, and I also did not get upset, but thanked him for the learning experience. I al

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

so stated that I would in no way run my affiliate program in that way.

Common decency would prohibit me from doing so.

I realize we are running businesses and need

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

to make money, but do we throw away courtesy, decency, respect and consideration to do so? I think not!

I know I am not the only person this has happened to, as a

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

matter of fact, it has happened to me twice. The first time being a much bigger amount. The program owner just dropped out of business and left his affiliates ha

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

Following aspects would a

nging.

As a whole, the people I have been lucky enough to "meet" online have all been wonderful, caring, helpful, respectful and decent. When I first started online

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

, that fact was a wonderfully pleasant discovery! Over time however, I did run into a few people who needed to learn common decency.

So if you run a business/affil

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

iate program, do not let money be your first priority, make people number one and the money will follow. If you owe somebody money/service. etc., pay them. If you

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

r affiliate decides to "resign" from your program show them your good faith and common decency. Pay them what you owe, even if the amount does not reach your "minimu

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

m"!

Their reasons for "resigning" might be totally false in your eyes, but you still owe them what they did sell for you. Common decency prohibits me from "blabbi

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ng" the product/program I had this problem with, but it is no longer on my site and if people ask me about this specific product/program, I will tell them the truth.

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

I am not out to get this guy, but cannot recommend a product/program that I know does business in this manner.

I usually don't write this type of "venting" article

.

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

, but this topic is so very important, I thought I would make an exception.

So let's think about when we are dealing with customers, subscribers, Newbies, associate

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

s, affiliates, etc., we need to keep common decency and respect alive. Do not lose sight of our fellow human beings so we can have a few extra bucks in our pocket

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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