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Video Brochure – The same advantages a CD sales letter (above) has over a print sales letter are even greater with a video brochure. You can fil

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

m your own infomercial and even if it never airs, you can distribute it on a DVD or videotape. Unlike infomercials, which have some strict guide

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

Examples of combination products may in

lines, video brochures can contain practically any format. You can use the “news broadcast” format, which is restricted in infomercials. The bes

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

t video brochures are those that look like television programs, since that’s what people expect to see when they are watching it. Testimonials c

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

an now contain video of the person speaking. Before and after shots are great in this format as well.

Data-Based Marketing – Data-based marketi

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

Combination pro

g can be as simple as sending a greeting card or other “touch” communications with your customers and prospects. A florist specializing in natio

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

nwide delivery of fresh orchids uses data-based marketing quite effectively. If you order a bouquet for a friend’s birthday or anniversary, they

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

note the date and occasion in their computer. Eleven months later, you’ll receive a call from them, reminding you of the occasion and asking yo

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

u if you’d like to send another bouquet. Restaurants do this all the time with the birthday gift certificates. Other companies take it a step fu

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

rther and know when their customers will need a reorder of their product. They’ll send a coupon or other discount to make another sale (for exam

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

le, an oil change). Nowadays with all of the “rewards” and “shopper’s club cards,” supermarkets and chain stores not only capture everything you

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

Following aspects would a

purchase and when, they can send you coupons and discounts for those products you regularly purchase. Amazon sends you emails about books simil

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ar to ones you have purchased when they re released and during other promotions.

You may want to consider starting your own “rewards” type prog

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

ram or something similar.

Secret Sales – You can send your customers a postcard that has a secret discount from 10% to whatever on everything t

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

hey buy in one visit. The catch is they have to come into your store to find out the amount of the discount. The chance that they may have a 75%

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

off coupon, for example, is often irresistible to the customer.

Add Extra Amenities - For physical locations, such as a car dealership, conside

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

r testing an in-house diner, barber, coffee shop, putting green, wireless internet, video arcade, playrooms for children, book stores, manicuris

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

ts, climbing walls, mini-museum, ice-cream shop, etc. These can work well especially for those businesses where their customers have to wait. It

.

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

may sound extravagant, but many businesses, especially those that cater to the affluent, have done this with resounding success. Why do you thi

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

nk McDonald's added playgrounds to most of their restaurants? Why do upscale bookstores have coffee caf?s? The list goes on.

to be continued...

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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