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    Wikipedia has become one of those odd internet sites that have evolved into a phenomenon. Alas, some compan
    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
    ies don’t like what is written about them.

    Unless you have been living offline, you probably know about Wi
    ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

    Examples of combination products may in
    kipedia. The site is a giant information source where the content is written and provided by posters. The c
    lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

    mmunity content site is open to just about anyone that wants to post with one major exception. People canno
    here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
    t post if they have a conflict of interest in regard to the information they are providing. A classic examp
    d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

    Combination pro
    le of this would be a sales person uploading a profile of their products or company. Surprisingly, this doe
    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
    n’t happen all that often. That being said, one company just got caught with its hands in the proverbial co
    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
    okie jar.

    Microsoft is a huge force in the software and web world. To say that it has a lot of haters is a
    nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
    slight understatement. Simply put, the company does not have the best of reputations. Given this fact, you
    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
    can see where I am headed in regard to Wikipedia. Yep, Microsoft tried to pay someone to upload some positi
    ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
    ve information.

    The situation when down like this. Microsoft is unhappy with some information posted on Wi
    ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

    Following aspects would a
    kipedia regarding open source software and Microsoft’s efforts in the area. Specifically, Microsoft felt th
    dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

    Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
    Which combination prod
    section had been written primarily by IBM employees and was biased. To correct what it calls “mistakes” in
    cts are meaningful and rational?
    Which therapeutic categories to select?
    Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
    Do combin
    the information, the company approached Rick Jelliffe, a blogger, about reviewing the articles and uploadi
    tions increase the patient compliance?
    What would be the developing cost?
    How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
    ng any changes he “independently” felt were needed. Imagine that!

    The effort was apparently cut off before
    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
    it got anywhere. There isn’t any clear indication of how the scheme was discovered, but Wikipedia apparentl
    ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

    Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
    y found out about it. When confronted, Microsoft admitted to being a party to the situation and apologized.
    y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products


    While Microsoft may have been caught in this interesting little strategy, one has to wonder how many othe
    .

    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
    companies have not been snagged. With a community platform like Wikipedia, it is always important that you
    elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

    Companies that provide selfless information through particip
    remember to take the information with a grain of salt. After all, you never know who might have written it


    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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