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Anytime your nonprofit receives positive media attention, its simply human nature to want to share this information with target audiences via your website (and every other communica

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

tions channel). But beware, in this day and age of easy access to information, including news coverage, it's all too easy to forget copyright and permissions conventions.

Due to t

; 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 plethora of online publications so easy to cut-and-paste, these issues are more important than ever before. There is no universal approach to permissions on the part of print and

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

nline publications. The only absolute is that you should always ask for permission, whether you plan to reproduce content in hard copy or online.

The issue is what's called "fair u

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

e." Frequently, publishers will allow nonprofits to use articles at no cost and don't require permission. However, others require a fee. In many cases, once a nonprofit requests rep

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

Combination pro

int permission, and clarifies how it plans to use the reprint or online reproduction of an article, the fee will be waived. But you have to ask.

Asking will get you more than the a

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

swer you need. Your request helps the publisher understand which articles are of greatest interest to its readers and why. That's the kind of information we all appreciate.

To give

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

you an idea of the range of permissions policies, I've excerpted a couple here:

The Santa Barbara News-Press

"All staff articles, graphics and photos in the San

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

a Barbara News-Press and on Newspress.com are copyrighted by the Santa Barbara News-Press. You may not reproduce, republish or redistribute material found on the web site or from th

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

pages of the News-Press without the express written consent of the copyright holder. Use of the Santa Barbara News-Press masthead, flag or logo is prohibited. All material must car

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

y the message: Reprinted with permission from the Santa Barbara News-Press."

Details at: http://www.new

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

Following aspects would a

press.com/npsite/guidelines.html

Education Week Magazine

"All material on this website is copyrighted by Editorial Projects in Education. Permission is requi

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ed to reprint or photocopy articles from Education Week or Teacher Magazine. Authors of Commentary articles, photographers, and illustrators own the rights to their works, and separ

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

te permission must be obtained from them. We will provide contact information for these copyright holders.

Online Use

Permission is not required to link t

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

o any article or page on this website.

Full-text articles from Education Week, Teacher Magazine, or any part of Education Week on the web may not be reproduced on any websit

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

, newsgroup or mailing list without explicit permission. Permission for web reprints may be obtained by contacting us.

If you wish to purchase a PDF version of an article fo

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

web-only posting, please submit your request to the Reprint Department online. Fees and restrictions apply. Please include the name of the article you wish to republish, the author

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

the URL of the site, proposed posting date, and estimated archive time."

Details at: http://www.edw

.

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

ek.org/info/about/online.html

Save yourself the risk. Make it a standard policy to ask for permission to reprint an article about your organization. At worst, you'll be asked t

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

pay a fee and will then decide whether reprinting the article is worth that cost. At best, the fee will be waived and you'll have reinforced a good relationship with that publisher

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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