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Last time I checked, there were 25,000 response lists and 50,000 compiled lists currently on the market. Among all of these lists, you'll find hundreds t

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

hat work for fundraising appeals. Actually, you likely won't find them. Locating the best names for your mailing is complicated and best left to an exper

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

Examples of combination products may in

ienced list broker.

A list broker is a specialist who researches and recommends lists for you, and manages all the paperwork and other details

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

of renting the list.

An experienced list broker:

helps you find new lists
identifies profitable segments on unlikely lists

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

li>helps you create a matrix for testing your mailing against other lists

negotiates the best prices for you with the list owner

recommen

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

Combination pro

ds other media (such as email) to consider testing

makes sure the list gets to your lettershop on time

helps you evaluate your response r

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

ates, gift income and other results

manages invoicing for lists you rent

A Typical List Rental Transaction

You phone a l

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

ist broker that specializes in the non-profit sector

You describe your organization’s mission, including what you do and who you help

You

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

describe your ideal donor (such as "female, 55 years old, married, owns home, $150,000 household income, cares about animal welfare, lives in the United

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

States and responds to direct mail fundraising appeals from animal rights organizations")

You email the list broker a PDF sample of the direct m

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

il package that you are going to mail to the list, and the list broker forwards it to the list owner

The list owner reviews and approves your pac

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

Following aspects would a

kage

You tell the list broker the following

the selects you want, if any*
how many names you want to order
whe

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

n you will mail your piece

when you need to receive the names

where you want the names to be sent (your lettershop, usually)

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

>The list broker prepares your list and sends it to your lettershop or service bureau

Your lettershop keys your reply device and other components

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

so you can track the results of this mailing back to this list

You mail your package to the names on the list

You process each donation

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

you receive, adding the names to your database (they are yours to keep), and flagging each new donor record to note the package and list used to acquire

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

the donor

* A select is a process that the list broker conducts on your behalf to choose only some names from the entire list. You might ask t

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

he broker to select names from a particular zip code, for example, and only rent you those names.

Mailing list brokers know the industry. The firms th

.

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

ey work for have researched and tested thousands of lists. So working with a qualified mailing list broker is vital.

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

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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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