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When I look back at the fundraising I did throughout my amateur athletic career, I recall the effort I put into designing a great portfolio with a cover l

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

etter that I sent out to large corporations. That portfolio would be mailed out to some executive with the hope I would catch an organization looking to

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

Examples of combination products may in

ake a contribution to my fundraising goals.

Let's examine that fundraising method by taking a close look at how YOU allocate your personal donations to v

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

arious causes. If you receive a piece of mail that describes a cause and what your donation can do, how willing are you to just up and scrawl a check 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

$1,000? How about $100? Even $10? That's exactly my point - you have no personal connection to that cause, and therefore you can't justify donating you

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

Combination pro

hard earned money for fundraising.

Take a look at where your own donations go to and chances are you have some connection with that organization's goals

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

. For example, your kids may have gone to summer camp at the same place for seven summers and they have nothing but fond memories. If that summer camp i

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

fundraising for the upcoming camp year, you might be more inclined to donate because you have a personal connection to the cause.

I want to underscore t

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

e importance of developing personal relationships with your potential supporters. I would never have been able to raise $50,000 every year for 6 years wi

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

thout devoting time to personalizing the relationships I built with potential sponsors. It doesn't take much, either. Here are a few quick tips to make

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

our sponsor relationships more personal:

" Stay in contact - Keep an e-mail list of people who have donated or have shown interest in donating. Update t

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

Following aspects would a

em on news from your organization or events that you are planning. Keeping people close to you on your organization's journey to meet a certain goal is g

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

oing to pay dividends in the long run.

" Face to face - When the opportunity arises during your fundraising event, you need to take the time to meet with

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

the people who are supporting your organization. Devoting even three or four minutes to thank them for coming and to inform them personally of where thei

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

money is helping and how passionate you are about the direction of the organization is important to securing future funding.

" Thank you's - After every

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

event or after a donation of any kind, you need to make an effort to thank those who have taken an interest in your organization. You can destroy all of

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

the good work you have done in building a fundraising relationship by failing to acknowledge the kind support of a sponsor or donor.

These are basic idea

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

of how you can maintain a minimum amount of contact throughout the calendar year. An impersonal organization that has little contact with his or her pot

.

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

ential supporters is going to come up short time and time again when fundraising. Part of your fundraising plan - especially if you are a small organizat

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

on with a low profile - should include making personal contact a priority. Take this step, and you will see an immediate jump in your fundraising success

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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