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If you have used the internet lately you have most likely heard of something called “RSS.” If you are anything like me I am sure that you have wondered what this “RSS stuff” is all about. I am going to try and answe

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

r that question as well as explain a little bit about how RSS can be useful.

For the purpose of this article RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication”. I started my RSS research by going to wikipedia.org and simply

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

Examples of combination products may in

looking up the term ‘RSS’.

The information in the article I found, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29), is informative,

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

but if you are like me you don’t want to have to read a huge document to understand what something like RSS is all about. You want a simple, concise definition and a few example of what RSS might mean in your life.

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

So, let me break the topic down in a way that we can all understand.

I have been using RSS for about a year. I discovered a use for RSS soon after I started using Firefox, which is a browser alternative for Interne

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

Combination pro

t Explorer. (If you would like to know more about Firefox, visit http://getfirefox.com.) Many people in the technology field use Firefox - I even have my wife using

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

it.

One reason to use Firefox as your web browser is that it makes using RSS simple. Firefox makes it so that whenever you go to a webpage that uses RSS you will see a small orange symbol in the address bar.

When yo

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

u see this symbol, you can click on it and it will bring up an option to add a bookmark. This adds a bookmark that links directly to either a RSS file or an XML file. These files are a condensed version of the websi

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

te that you were visiting when you clicked on the RSS symbol (sometimes they are referred to as “feeds’).

Another great thing about Firefox is that you can read RSS files without the need for any other software. 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

feed will look like a folder with a collection of links that are the articles from the RSS Feed you subscribed to.

But, to get some of the more advanced feed reading features you can get an ‘RSS reader’. Firefox incl

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

udes an RSS reader extension that you can install called Sage. You can download it at http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/77/. (Note: My next article wi

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

Following aspects would a

ll be about Firefox and extensions so don’t worry if you don’t understand them at this point.)

You can also use an online reader put out by Google here dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

">http://www.google.com/reader/things/intro. I prefer the browser interface and haven’t used any of these on-line readers. You will to experiment with both types of RSS viewers a little bit and see which works bes

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

t for you.

If you aren’t using Firefox and you still want to subscribe to an RSS feed the link will be a small orange button that says “RSS” or “XML.” These standard icons are usually used to make the RSS Feeds easi

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

er to find.

RSS feeds are also used for Podcasts and Videocasts. A Podcast and/or Videocast is an internet radio/TV program that can be listened to on an iPod or other MP3 device. You subscribe to the RSS feed usin

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

g iTunes and it will automatically download the audio file and put it on your iPod (or another type of MP3 player). If you don’t have an iPod you can still use these feeds with other audio programs like ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ew" href="http://www.podfeeder.com/">http://www.podfeeder.com. You can also check out the CWAHD Podcast Directory at http://www.cwahd.com/podcasts.html . This directory is full of Christian Podcasts.

I have a Vi

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

deo iPod and I love to watch Videocasts when I have some free time. I have even gone as far as mounting my iPod in my car so I can listen to audio podcasts on the way to work.

I hope that you have been able to get a

.

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

t least a little bit of information about what RSS is and what it can do for you. I am really excited about RSS and have started a project to have CWAHM.com and CWAHD.com redesigned to incorporate RSS for all of the

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

articles featured on both sites. I believe that RSS will change the way that you surf the internet in the near future. It is a quick way to get a lot of information from the internet in a simple, easy to read format

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

HTTP = HTML link (for blogs, profiles,phorums):
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BB link (for phorums):
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