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Giving corporate or business gifts can be highly effective and is a common practice. However, if you mess up a

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

nd give something that is not appropriate your intent may be misunderstood, you may ruin a business relationshi

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

Examples of combination products may in

p or you may never get your foot in the door with a prospect.

Part I of Corporate Gif

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

Giving Guidelines covers what to avoid when giving a business gift. See below for

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

basic, yet very critical, guidelines:

Not too extravagant. You do not want the recipient to feel u

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

Combination pro

comfortable accepting the gift or feel obligated to you in any way. Also, many companies have limits on the val

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

ue of a gift that their employees can accept.

No religious items unless you know the pe

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

son very well. These items are very personal and you do not want to offend anyone by giving them something tha

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

t goes against their beliefs.

No bath or spa products unless given by a female to a fem

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

le. In any other circumstance, these items are just too personal for a business gift and may be misconstrued.<

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

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No items with a heart motif or anything representing love.

No r

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

Following aspects would a

isqu? calendars or printed items. Many companies have policies banning this type of thing from the work place.

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

Actually, all companies should have this policy because displaying items like this in the work place can be vi

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

ewed as sexual harassment and could get a company in a heap of legal trouble.

No appare

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

or logo items with obscene motifs or wording.

No apparel or logo items that can be con

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

strued as racist.

No alcohol unless you know what the recipient likes and you know the

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ift doesn't go against any company policy. Many companies have "no alcohol" policies and will not allow it on

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

their premises or at any company events.

Following the above guidelines will help you ensure that y

.

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

ur business gifts are not misconstrued and that they are business appropriate. See 'Part II'

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

of Corporate Gift Giving Guidelines for a list of business gifts that always make good choices

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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