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Content is King but the web pages are still littered with writing that does scant justice to the word content, least of all creative, useful and valuable content.

The first wave in the internet is finally over when we saw the des

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

ign and technical elements of a website were the focus areas. Content was merely a catalogue of products, a directory, displayed in all its designer glory and the only content were the verbosity of a corporate introduction which

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

Examples of combination products may in

alked in high jargon and least understood. The websites were designed as a corporate showpiece, to create awe without serving much of a purpose – that is providing consumers with information and value.

Technology still has major

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

role in automating processes, creating interactivity and making the human presence felt rather than being a vault of lifeless, cold knowledge. Thankfully technology is recognizing the existence of customers who are human beings.

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

Technology is now recognized as an adjunct to content and not as a replacement for good content.

The second wave in the information technology is very visible and truly begun to dispense rich ‘Information’ a prerequisite for a s

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

Combination pro

uccessful web presence. When we talk of content I take it to mean information which adds value to every aspect of human endeavor whether it is selling to him or providing a service or just plain entertainment.

So what are the em

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

rging trends on the internet?

Online publishing has become an acceptable medium and here to stay and evolve further. We already see over 100 000 ezines catering to every imaginable niche. E-books are a fact of life with every 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

ook having its digital equivalent along with the traditional paper based counterpart. You have to look at websites like Barnes and Noble or Amazon to realize what huge market digital publications have created with its convenience

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

f instant downloads once the payments are made online and minimizing hassles of printing shipping and cost of paper. Digital publishing has no recurring cost unlike traditional publishing.

Digital publishing will make consumers

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

truly a king. You can buy books after reading a couple of chapters to check on the quality of content or just buy the required article which you are interested in instead of paying for the entire magazine as in a traditional maga

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

ine which you may never read fully. This has already been implemented by Amazon where you can read a few pages of the book before ordering them.

Websites are becoming a storehouse of good quality content thanks to an innovation

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

Following aspects would a

called search engines. The better and more focused the content better the searchability and rankings of web sites. So now more information is available for decision making and consumers are reaping the rewards of competition. E

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ery website is clamoring for customer attention by offering him the best of information about the products and services. Businesses which do not offer better quality information about products and services and its benefits will g

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

et destroyed.

Blogs another innovation on the www has made it easy for any average next door guy with no technical knowledge to set up his own web pages and dispense information on what he knows best.

A major trend that would em

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

rge in the coming years is the quality of products advertised. Not all the person who can pay will be able to advertise due to the high selectivity levels by a consumer on the web.

With attention spans lasting only a few seconds

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

and consumers demanding highest levels of quality, poor products if advertised in a search page or by a website may make the consumers shy away from such sites. To cut the clutter website owners have to become choosy about what

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

hey advertise and how they do it. Banners are already out and text is in.

Some have already implemented contextual advertising where you see only related ads of the subject you are browsing. The trend will accelerate and only t

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

he best products will be advertised.

Even search engines are listing sites with good content. No amount of optimization can put you on top of the page for long unless you have rich content .

Increasing connectivity, broadband a

.

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

d interactivity will create larger global markets for products and services especially for services with high levels of localization, bringing down costs dramatically further fuelling demand for services which are now considered n

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

iche markets.

All this will be achieved by high quality content. So if you do not know how to write the best content for a successful web presence start learning because you may have to pay big when the demand far exceeds supply

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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