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What Is Spam?

When referring to emails, according to the NCES (National Centre for Education Statistic), "Spam refers to electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings. Some people define Spam even

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

more generally as any unsolicited e-mail. In addition to being a nuisance, Spam also eats up a lot of network bandwidth. Because the Internet is a public network, little can be done to prevent Spam, j

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

Examples of combination products may in

st as it is impossible to prevent junk mail. However, the use of software filters in e-mail programs can be used to remove most Spam sent through e-mail."

Some search engines use the term to describe

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

websites that try to attain a high listing rank by submitting identical or mirror pages. In this article I am going to give you a few tips about email Spam.

If we give a too general definition to th

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

word, we might end up taking for Spam perfectly legitimate emails. Not "any" unsolicited mail is Spam. Spam means unsolicited bulk email.

If a message is unsolicited that doesn’t make it Spam. The

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

Combination pro

ame goes for bulk. A message is Spam only if it is both unsolicited and bulk. When you receive an unsolicited job enquiry, you do receive an uncalled-for email. But is that Spam? No. What about a news

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

letter? That is bulk, but no Spam if you are a subscriber.

Why Do You Get Spam?

Have you posted your email address online in forums, chat rooms, on your website? Than why do you marvel? Spammers gat

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

er the addresses from the Internet; so no wonder your own found its way onto a spammer’s list. Besides, spammers use different other means to get what they want: viruses, Trojans, buying from other sp

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

mmers.

Spam Scams

How many times have you received an "update your account" email from paypal, a bank or ebay? How many times have you received a "warning message"? Maybe it didn’t look suspicious t

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

o you as it came from an institution you work with, but was it really that way? This kind of emails is referred to as "phishing scam". There is not much you can do when this happens. Just don’t click

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

n any links in that email, don’t give away any confidential information such as social security number, bank account or credit card number. There are some free tools that can protect you against known

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

Following aspects would a

phishing websites. For example download the free EarthLink toolbar and report the scam to the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

What about the emails from different Nigerian (or other nationalities) citiz

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ens offering you a percentage of a vast sum of money? Yes, you’ve got that right: scam. You’ll only loose your money on this one. Better don’t be curious. They will ask you to pay a fee in advance – a

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

so called transfer tax, and guess what: some complications will appear, you have to pay more and more and end up with nothing. And don’t believe the "you won money" lottery sweepstakes either. You’ll

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

nly spend. The same goes for the Nigerian purchase scam: they want to buy something from you, pay by check and they wish the goods to be sent in Lagos, Nigeria.

A Major Don’t

Don’t reply to spammers

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

… ever! Don’t send any "remove me" message. By doing so you confirm your address is active, you show you read bulk messages, you prove your ISP doesn’t use Spam filters. You are the perfect candidate.

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

You will never be removed. On the contrary…

Spam Fighters

If Spam really bothers you and you want to fight against it, than you have plenty of possibilities. If you are an American, join Cauce at:

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

http://www.cauce.org/ If not… check out Cauce’s international partners (example: EuroCAUCE for Italy, Spain, Germany, Holland, France, Norway).

As

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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

sociations such as to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, the American Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or other volunteers’ organizations are there to help protecting you against scam or other illegal ema

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ls (children pornography for example). Detailed information about Spam, Spammers and ways to fight against them you can find here: http://spamhaus.org/

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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