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The very name CGI used to send chills up my spine. For years I put it in the 'too-hard-basket'. But like most things in life, CGI is not as scary as it seems. If you have a cgi directory on your website and you know how to FTP files, chances are you can have a CGI script up and running in less than 20 minu

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

tes.

CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is not a programming language but a standard that allows visitors to interact with your website. CGI scripts can be written in a number of different languages but most are written in Perl (Practical Extraction and Reporting Language).

This article gives you details of

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

Examples of combination products may in

five free CGI scripts that will do the following:

1. Mail out your Newsletter from your server 2. Track the number of times your free E-Book is

downloaded 3. Rotate banners on your website 4. Create your own auto responders 5. Allow visitors to recommend your website to friends

At the end of this ar

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

ticle are details of where to download these 5 free scripts. But first, here are some basic guidelines on how to configure and install CGI scripts:

1. CGI programs usually come in a zip file. Unzip the file and open the README file. This document will give you instructions for configuring the program file

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

2. Open the program file using a text editor such as NOTEPAD (the program file will usually have the file extension .cgi but may have other extensions such as .pl).

In most CGI programs you will have to configure the following 4 items:

(a) the path to perl

This is where the perl program resides on you

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

Combination pro

r server. The path will usually be:

#!/usr/bin/perl

but could be:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

If you're unsure what your 'path to perl' is, check your web host's online 'manual' or FAQs. If you can't find it there, simply ask your web host.

(b) the path to sendmail

Most CGI programs notify you when your v

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

isitors have completed a particular action, and for that, the program needs to know where the 'sendmail' program resides on your server. The path to your UNIX sendmail program will usually be: /usr/sbin/sendmail

But it could also be something like this: /usr/lib/sendmail

Again, check the documentation on

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

your web host's website, or simply ask your web host.

(c) the absolute path to your CGI directory

The absolute path tells the CGI program exactly where to find the file (or files) that it needs to open. Unfortunately, the absolute path to your CGI directory is not something you will be able to guess or

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

educe - it is completely arbitrary and depends entirely on how the system administrator at your web host has partitioned your host's hard drive.

The easiest way to find out your absolute path is to ask your web host. Another way is by using telnet - just type in pwd (print working directory) and that shou

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

ld give you your absolute path.

(d) Your email address

This is the address that the CGI program will use to notify you when an action has been completed.

3. Uploading

Upload the program files to your cgi-bin (or a directory off your cgi-bin) using ASCII mode. Never use BINARY mode, as this will play ha

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

voc with the line-breaks in the script.

4. Set the File Permissions using CHMOD

CHMOD (changing mode) is the term for setting security permissions on files. The README file will usually tell you the permissions that you need to set for each file. The script file will need to be set to 755. This allows th

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

Following aspects would a

e file's owner to read, write, and execute the file; anyone else can only read and execute it.

You can set the permissions using telnet, but the easiest way is to use the built-in option in your FTP program.

5. Calling the Script

Now that you've configured the script, uploaded it and set the permissions

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

it's time to try it out! You do this by 'calling the script' using a URL in an HTML document. This is what the URL for calling your script will normally look like:

http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/script.cgi

Again, the README file should have specific instructions on how to call the script. In addition

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

, most CGI programs are accompanied by a web page that contains the form your visitors would use to call the script.

And now here are the details of the 5 free CGI scripts I mentioned earlier:

----------------------- Subscribe Me Lite -----------------------

Subscribe Me Lite is a program that allows pr

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

ospects/customers to automatically subscribe and/or unsubscribe themselves from your mailing list. It has a built-in mass mailing form for sending out your newsletter or updates.

More Information: http://www.cgiscriptcenter.com/subscribe/index2.html

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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

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Rob's File Tracker is a perl script that counts file downloads or click-thrus to any file. Very useful if you want to know how many people are downloading your free E-Book.

More Information: http://www.robplanet.com/cgi/tracker/

----------------------- AdRotate Pro -----------------------

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

Rotate Pro is an ad rotation program that's easy to setup and easy to use. Features include unlimited rotations, expiry by date, views or clicks, default ads for when all ads are expired, and customer reports.

More Information: http://www.vanbrunt.com/adrotate/

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

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This script allows visitors to recommend your website to a friend by sending an email, without leaving your website. The program will also send you a copy of your visitor's message (nice to know what your visitors think about your website).

More Information: http://www.willmaster.com

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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

/master/recommend/MasterRecommendmanual.html

----------------------- Master Auto-Responder -----------------------

This is a standard auto-responder program. The script allows you to set the "From:" and "Subject:" lines for your auto-response.You can also choose to receive a copy of each email that the a

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

uto-responder receives.

More Information: http://mastercgi.com/howtoinfo/howautoresponderswork.shtml

If you need more help installing your CGI scripts, here are two excellent free tutorials:

http://spider-food.net/install-a-cgi-script.html http://www.stefan-pettersson.nu/scripts/tutorials/installcgi.htm

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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