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Affiliate Marketing is a large business piece on the Internet. The (online) retail customer often does not know tha

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

t he/she made the recent online purchase through an affiliate link. He/She sees a product of interest on a certain

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

Examples of combination products may in

website, clicks on the link and completes the purchase wherever the link takes the customer. Every day people get i

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

ntroduced to affiliate marketing and want to make money from it. In many cases these new affiliates do not fully un

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

derstand the affiliate world and make costly mistakes.

The following terms are important and every affiliate shoul

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

Combination pro

d know what they mean:

1) The Merchant: The merchant is any web site owner that wants to take advantage of perform

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

ance based marketing. The merchant maintains and operates the affiliate program. The merchant decides how much he i

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 willing to pay for each sale/lead that results from a visitor sent from an affiliate. Sometimes the merchant uses

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

a 3rd party provider to operate the affiliate program.

2) The Affiliate network: An affiliate network acts as a 3

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

rd party between the merchant and the associated affiliates. The affiliate network provides the technology to deliv

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

r the merchant's campaigns and offers. The affiliate network collects commission fees from the merchant and pays th

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

Following aspects would a

e affiliates that are part of the program. Well known affiliate networks are Commission Junction, AzoogleAds and Li

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

nkshare.

3) The Affiliate: An affiliate is a web site owner that promotes one or more merchants and their affiliat

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

e programs. The affiliate gets paid a commission if he/she can generate a sale/qualified lead for the merchant.

4)

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

In most cases affiliate programs pay a commission per sale. This can be a fixed percentage or it can be a fixed do

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

llar amount. Commission fees based on a certain percentage level per sale can be more rewarding for the affiliate i

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

f he/she is dealing with high priced items. Low priced items do not generate high income from affiliate sales. The

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

following technical terms do exist:

Cost per sale(action) - CPA
Cost per click - CPC
Cost per lead - CP

.

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

L
Cost per 1,000 -CPM

Overall - affiliate marketing can generate a full-time income for the affiliate. This i

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

s no easy task to accomplish though. One of the best known affiliate programs is the program operated by Amazon.com

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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