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USA Today had a piece on the younger (18-30 demographic) spending more time with Instant messaging t

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

han with email. "But when immediacy is a factor — as it often is — most young people much prefer th

; 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 telephone or instant messaging for everything from casual to heart-to-heart conversations, according t

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

o research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. "And there is a very strong sense that the mig

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

ration away from e-mail continues," says Lee Rainie, the director at Pew. For many young people, it's ab

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

Combination pro

ut choosing the best communication tool for the situation. You might use text messaging during a meeting

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

that requires quiet, Rainie says, or make a phone call to discuss sensitive subjects so there's no writ

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

ten record." AOL survey also indicate something similar. "While adults and seniors in 2005

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

showed more interest in IM, its gains on e-mail are largely due the "teens and tweens" with spending po

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

wer and trendsetting tastes, according to survey data America Online released Thursday. For instance, th

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

demographic has the highest percentage (66%) of IM users to use it more than e-mail, America Online fou

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

Following aspects would a

nd. That's three times the percentage of other age groups."

Matt at Jive Software also points

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

to an informal report of IM usage inside Jive. "It represents a staggering amount of email that we didn

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

't have to send, as we've found that each IM conversation can represent several emails (getting a questi

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

on answered over email can take several messages back and forth).".

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

/creating_passionate_users/2006/12/how_to_build_a_.html" target="_blank">Kathy Sierra also talks abo

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ut quick reponse to questions being a good reason communities thrive.

The one takeaway
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
ng>: If (like 45% of High tech and Telecom companies are) running a customer support oriented commun
.

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
ity OR if your primary demographic is Tweens and Teens Instant Messenger should be a crucial part of you
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
r enabling technology for quicker responses to help users communicate and get answers to their questions

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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