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Each day we all face the same challenge. Spam. It doesn't matter if you're a home computer user or the head of IT for a multinational limiting or totally preventing the distrib

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

ution of junk email to your computer(s) is now a daily chore.

The sheer frustration that spam causes combined with the number of lost man hours adds up to junk email being a v

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

Examples of combination products may in

ry real problem for all involved. You have to filter through all the junk to find your own personal or work email. This on its own is annoying enough. When you consider the sec

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

rity risks from spyware, trojans, diallers and attempted identity theft spam becomes much more than just an annoyance - it becomes a minefield for any computer user.

So what c

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

n you do to block spam? The first step each user should take is to simply limit the number of people who know your personal email address. If you have a work email address then

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

Combination pro

just use it for work. For home users only distribute your email address to people you know and trust. This simple move can cut your spam problems by 50%.

But what about all t

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

ose online forms I need to fill in? No problem. Use a free email service like Hotmail or Gmail for this purpose. Treat it as a throwaway account that you can use as a buffer be

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

ween your true personal email address and the rest of the world. Let it fill up with junk email and then just login once a week and delete everything you see.

Your password. I

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

's amazing how many people set the password for their email account to abc123 or something similar. These passwords are incredibly easy for spammers to guess and would give the

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

m easy access to your mail account. The password for your email account should follow corporate standards of being 6 - 8 characters long and be alphanumeric (a mixture of numbe

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

s and letters). Make it longer if you can. Using a weak password is just asking for trouble.

If you're already receiving a ton of spam then you'll need to invest in a spam blo

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

Following aspects would a

ker. There are free spam blockers you can download and also also their paid equivalents. A great spam blocker can cost you as little as $30 and you'll see an immediate reductio

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

in the amount of spam you're receiving.

Over and above installing software on your computer (especially for Mac users as your choices are limited) you could sign up for one o

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

f the web based challenge response spam blockers like Mailblocks or SpamArrest. Both of these services are ideal for somebody who's on the move a lot. Also because they're web

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

ased there's no software to install so they're perfect for Mac or PocketPC/Palm users.

Taking a pro-active anti spam stance is the next step. If you get junk email from people

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

then check the mail headers and report any offensive email to the hosting company or ISP involved. Never, ever reply to spam directly. This simply confirms to the spammer that

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

our email address is active. Also never click on any hyperlinks in any junk email - this again confirms your existence and can lead to a virus being downloaded directly onto yo

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

ur PC. Filter the spam, report the abusers, delete the remaining junk email.

Spam can be stopped. Not by some corporate giant or genius programmer. It can be stopped by each o

.

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

you individually. Spammers rely on the widespread availability of email addresses and for people to reply to these emails or click on the links within the emails. The sooner p

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ople stop reacting emotionally to spam and simply filter, report and delete the offensive mail itself the sooner the lucrative market of bulk email will dry up for the spammers

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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