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It is easy to see how quickly the phenomenon of blogging has exploded on the Internet in recent years. Ah, but what

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

are the hard numbers about the number of blogs and who is using them?

The relative newness of blogging makes it som

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

Examples of combination products may in

ewhat difficult to track specific trends and topics, but there are some statistics about Internet blogging that can

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

be observed from information obtained by search engines and random surveys. Also hampering the statistics are the tr

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

ue definition of a blog, and the fact that not all blogs are standalone or able to be measured as a site. Despite th

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

Combination pro

ese obstacles, there are some reliable statistics out there.

It is believed, according to surveys, that 9% of Inter

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

net users in 2005 (more recent surveys are still in process) had created and used blogs. 25% of Internet users surve

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

yed stated that they read blogs on a regular basis. These statistics came out of a survey pool of over 2500 Internet

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

users, which allows for other assumptions to be made. If stretched to include the entire US population, this statis

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

tic would equal about 6% of the population having created a blog, and 16% of the population being regular blog reade

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

rs.

The statistics for blogging also show that most blog writers are young. Among the pool of Internet users who we

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

Following aspects would a

re between the ages of 18-29, 19% of them have created blogs and written in blogs. Compare that to only 5% of over 5

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

0 Internet users. Most blog writers are also men, although only by a small margin. 11% of young male Internet users

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

have created blogs at one point, while only 8% of female Internet users have created blogs.

Blog reading is equally

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

popular among the sexes, however, with 36% of adults ages 18-29 having read blogs online. Blog reading is again les

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

s popular with older adults - only 18% of those over age 50 read blogs on the Internet. Statistics also show that a

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

bout 20% of the newspaper reading population of the US also reads blogs, and about 40% of the people who listen to t

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

alk radio also read blog sites. This shows that while there are many who do read blogs for information, there is sti

.

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

ll a large area for gaining readership.

The numbers on blogging are always changing, due to the fact that the Inter

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

net itself is always changing. As more people have access to the World Wide Web, more blogs will be created and read

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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