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Blogging—it’s all over the web, and I do mean all over the web. In her 2003 article, “Meet the

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

B-Blog,” Kathleen Goodwin noted that millions of bloggers were interacting across half a million blo

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

Examples of combination products may in

gs, with over a thousand new blogs popping up every day. At first glance, the “blogosphere” seems lik

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

e a conglomerate of teen angst, purple journalism and creepy voyeurism. How could it be any use in bu

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

iness?

The truth is, savvy businesses caught on to the fact that, according to Goodwin, “B-blogs can

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

Combination pro

offer organizations a platform where information, data, and opinion can be shared and traded among e

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

mployees, customers, partners, and prospects in a way previously impossible: a two-way, open exchange

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

”

Many well-known corporations use blogging to reconnect with customers and grow their businesses. A

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

ll in all, it seems like Microsoft, General Motors, Boeing and Sun Microsystems might be good company

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

to keep.

Still, for many small business owners, blogging seems about as in reach as mining for diam

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

nds in South Africa. How does a small business owner go about blogging, and will it really work like

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

Following aspects would a

it does for the giant corporations?

Blogging: The “What”

According to Wikipedia.com, a weblo

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

g, or blog, is “a website where regular entries are made (such as in a journal or diary) and presente

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

d in reverse chronological order. Blogs often offer commentary or news on a particular subject, such

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

s food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries.”

More simply, a blog

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

is a low-cost platform on which users can express their thoughts on a certain subject. In the case o

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

f your business, the blog’s subject would be related to your product or service. Additions to blogs a

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

e called posts, and each post can link to other information on the Internet—websites (especially your

.

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

own), other blogs, articles, photos, videos, and audio files. Imagine the possibilities with that ki

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

nd of power at your fingertips. Better yet, read the next article in this series--Blogging: The "Why.

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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BB link (for phorums):
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