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Make a vow to keep up your marketing schedule in good times and not so good times.

I have said it time and time again that

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

marketing, no matter what type you choose, is a building process. Here is the whole thing summed up in one situation:

Ass

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

Examples of combination products may in

ume for a moment that you had never heard of this thing called "Cola". You go to your mailbox and get your mail only to fin

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

a postcard that says "New Fizzy Drink! You'll Love It! A Taste Like Nothing You Have Had Before!" You might run right out

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

and try it, but more than likely, not. Most people won't.

So you get a second postcard.

Still you do nothing.

Then you a

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

Combination pro

e talking to you’re a friend from across town who says "Hey, have you tried this Cola thing?" It turns out that after he go

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

t his second postcard he went out and got a bottle to give it a try.

Now the Third postcard shows up and you're thinking "

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

OK, fine, I'll give it a try." And you do, and you do love it, and it is like nothing else. So now you have to tell your

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

rother about it.

You see where this is going. If the makers of "Cola", whoever they are, had sent cards to the whole town

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

one time and then abandoned the marketing due to a lack of response they would have missed out.

So, now that you can no lo

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

ger argue with the fact that you need to keep up a steady stream of marketing to the same people multiple times you are obv

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

Following aspects would a

iously thinking "How do I keep up with the whole thing while I am closing the customers that I am already getting?" The hon

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

est answer is get a direct mail company to help you.

Whatever size your mailing list is I suggest that you have enough pie

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

es printed to mail to them at least three times. Usually once every 2-4 weeks is sufficient depending on your industry. You

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

can set the dates for your mailings to go out and let the marketing company take care of the rest. That means that with o

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

e phone call you can take care of all of your marketing for 3 months or more. No worrying about remembering, no hassle-fill

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ed trips to the post office. All you will have to do is run your business the way that you know how and let them take care

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

of your marketing.

Stop worrying about the steady flow of business that you need to survive. Do something about it. Crea

.

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

e a marketing plan, date it for a while, then if it really works out, say “I do.”

If you need more information on testing

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

out your new marketing beau, read my article Don’t Assume, Just Test and Track.

Best wishes and a prosperous life together

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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