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I talk to lots of editors, both print and electronic, and they cry a similar refrain when it comes to press releases:

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

"Most of what I get is junk."

Speaking as a former newspaper and magazine editor, the worst part of that scenario i

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

Examples of combination products may in

that once an editor receives a press release that is junk, he or she is unlikely to open future communications from

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

hat business again, unless that business is a large corporation that cannot be ignored.

Since most of us don't fall

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

into that category, I can hear the flushing sound of far-too-may public relations campaigns swirling to the bottom of

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

Combination pro

the toilet because their media communications are ineffective.

Why are 90 percent of all public relations junk? I th

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

nk there are three primary reasons:

1. Those creating and distributing press releases or media advisories don't unde

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

rstand their audience, which in this case is made up of busy, busy editors. Editors want news and compelling stories

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

hat resonate with their readers and viewers. To understand what specific editors want, you should study the publicati

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

ns and electronic media on your distribution list and create a profile of the kinds of articles and stories those edi

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

ors run. Because editors are working to produce materials that their audiences want, these profiles vary only slightl

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

Following aspects would a

y from year to year.

2. Businesses fail to hire a public relations specialist or outsource the work to a consulting

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

orm. The result is that those businesses often produce worthless press releases and media advisories, resulting in no

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

growth in their business and no profits from their public relations campaigns.

3. Businesses follow the advice of th

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

ose consultants who urge their audiences to send out frequent press releases or to create faux media events.

Why 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

ome consultants spread that kind of bad advice? I don't know but I suspect it is because they don't know how to condu

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

t public relations campaigns. So their followers who may not understand media relations inundate editors with junk.

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

In conclusion, if you plan to use public relations as a tool to grow your business and you are not a media relations

.

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

xpert, either hire one or outsources the work. The only other alternative is to abandon the use of PR because those w

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

o do not know what they are doing are more likely to hurt their business as a result of their media relations efforts

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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