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It is the level of customer service provided by a business which dictates whethe

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 we come back to buy more or vow never to return. I recently had an experience

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

Examples of combination products may in

which is a perfect example of this:

My partner and I decided to check out a ne

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

w caf? which is marketing itself on the quality of its food and drink. As we wa

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

ked through the door we noticed that the opening hours indicated the place shoul

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

Combination pro

d have closed half an hour before. My partner asked a waitress if they were abo

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

ut to close. She looked confused and said she would have to ask her colleague.

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

A few minutes later her colleague rushed past us without acknowledgement and beg

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

an banging about with the coffee machine. After a few moments, when she had nei

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

ther spoken nor looked at us, we took our leave, despite having made a special t

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

ip to get there. Do you think we are likely to return?

The International Custo

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

Following aspects would a

mer Service Institute polled 20,000 people who had chosen not to go back to a bu

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

siness. 32% had not returned for a wide variety of reasons ranging from moving

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

from the area to preferring a competitor.

A massive 68%, however, had decided t

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

take their custom elsewhere simply because of the indifference of an employee t

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

hey had dealt with. Just one negative contact can send your customers elsewhere

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

, never to return.

A high level of customer service is essential to ensure both

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

the long-term health and reputation of your business and your own job satisfacti

.

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

on. In my article ‘Customer Service – the Best Way to Deal with Customers’ I lo

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ok at the choices we have in our daily encounters with our customers and clients

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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