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Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE), or spam has reached epidemic proportions, and continues to grow. According to American Online, of the estimated 30 million em

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

ail messages each day, about 30% on average was unsolicited commercial email. As a result of its very low marginal costs, spam has become extremely prolific. Re

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

Examples of combination products may in

gardless of how many emails are sent out, the spammers' costs are low, and constant. With numbers like these, there is a tremendous burden shifted to the Interne

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

Service Provider (ISP) to process and store that amount of data. Huge volumes of this junk may undoubtedly contribute to many of the access, speed, and reliabil

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

ity problems suffered by many ISPs. Further, many large ISPs have experienced major system outages as the result of massive junk email campaigns. Spam is an issu

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

Combination pro

about consent, not content. Regardless of whether the UCE message is an advertisement, porn, or a winning lottery notice, the content is irrelevant. If the mess

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

age was sent unsolicited, and in bulk then the message is spam.

This junk e-mail is more than just annoying; it costs Internet users, and Internet-bas

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

d businesses millions, even billions, per year. When a spammer sends an email message to a million people, it is carried by numerous electronic systems on route

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

to its destination. The systems in between are bearing the burden of carrying advertisements, and other unsolicited junk for the spammer. The number of spams sen

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

out each day is truly overwhelming, and each one must be handled efficiently, and expeditiously by many systems. There is no justification for forcing third par

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

ties to bear the load of unsolicited advertising. Ultimately, these costs are passed on to YOU, the consumer.

Spam originates in one of two ways, it

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

Following aspects would a

is sent directly by the spammer from and under their control, or via illegal third party exploitation such as open proxies or open relays. Spammers get your add

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ess in a variety of ways. If you sign up for, and provide your email address, these seemingly friendly sites can turn around and sell your email to advertisers.

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

Additionally, if you have your email address on a Web page, it is easy for unscrupulous advertisers to "harvest" it, and add you to their lists.

Th

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

re are ways to reduce the number of spam messages, however it is presently impossible to stop them all. Spam filters, are software applications that redirect em

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

ails based on the presence of certain common phrases, or words. These automated measures are prone to being defeated by clever spammers. Additionally, there is

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

risk of important emails being deleted as spam. In 2003, Congress passed a sweeping law, CAN-SPAM act of 2003, which basically prohibits the use of deceptive s

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

ubject lines and false headers in all emails. Additionally, the FTC is authorized (but not required) to establish a do-not-email registry. The CAN-SPAM Act took

.

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

ffect on January 1, 2004.

Spam is based on theft of service; it wastes time, money, and other resources. Spam can and will overwhelm your electronic m

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ail box if it isn't fought. Over time, unless the growth of spam isn't stopped, it will destroy the usefulness and effectiveness of email as a communication tool

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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