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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

sending email then you might be confused by the buzz surrounding “Web 2.0.” What is it, and what does it

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

Examples of combination products may in

mean for you?

Web 1.0

In the early days of the Internet people thought of web pages as

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

being just like pages in a huge book. We searched through them to find information the same way you would

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

flip through an encyclopaedia. There was a clear division between content providers and content consumers

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

Combination pro

Here are five signs that you’re looking at Web 1.0:

You don’t know who wrote what you

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

re reading

• The content sounds like a committee wrote it

• You have no idea how old the content

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

s – or it’s clearly older than a few months

• There’s no way to comment on anything

• Somebody is

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

trying to sell you a product or service

Web 2.0

In the 90’s the most popular comedy on

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

television was a show about nothing. Late in the first decade of the 21st century, the most popular websi

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

es and businesses are also based on nothing – or at least not based on traditional products. Web 2.0 isn’

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

Following aspects would a

t about selling people anything. Instead, it’s about providing a way for people to participate in and cre

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

te communities. In Web 2.0 the content providers and the content consumers are the same people.

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

ere are five signs that you’re looking at Web 2.0:

A friend sent a personal invitation to you t

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

participate

• The content sounds like real people wrote it

• You can comment on what you see and

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

participate in conversations with other people

• New content is being continuously generated from a l

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

rge user base

• People are trying to promote ideas or viewpoints

Three Web 2.0 Names to Drop

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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MySpace – 100,000,000 users can’t be wron

.

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

.

Flickr – because a picture is worth a 1000 words…

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
href="http://del.icio.us/" target="_blank">Del.icio.us – share your favorite web sites with the world

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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