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Going to a networking event without the proper preparation is like starting a business without a business plan. Its important to set yourself up for

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

success – and some of the best ways to do that should happen even before you get in your car.

Have Plenty of Business Cards

Be sure to replenish yo

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

Examples of combination products may in

ur supply prior to leaving for every event. Its always good to have an abundance of what you need when you need it, including business cards!

Tip: P

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

ut your cards in your right pants or jacket pocket, the cards you receive from others in your left pants or jacket pocket. This will eliminate the po

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

ssibility of giving away a card you have previously received or the embarrassment of having to fumble to find your card.

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

Combination pro

uestions

There are people who attend every networking event possible, yet they are not intentional about why they’re attending the event or even who

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

they want to connect with while they are there.

Here are pre-event questions to ask before planning to attend any event. These questions will help

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

you to determine and set your intention for each event you attend.

Why am I attending this event?

Example: I am attending this event as a step towa

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

rd my goals of creating new business and increasing new client revenues by 30%.

Who do I want to meet?

Example: I want to meet the general counsels

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

of XYZ Company, ABC Company, and DEF Company. I also want to meet and get to know as many people as possible in the X industry.

What am I going to

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

say?

Have a powerful, succinct 30-second commercial. Example: “My name is…I am a senior associate at…I help corporations with all of the challenges

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

Following aspects would a

they face with respect to…”

What do I want to accomplish?

I want to meet the three targeted general counsels, and in conversation have each of the

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

m identify at least one item of personal or professional need. I also want to establish with them a next step based on their personal or professional

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

need. Finally, I want to exchange business cards with 20 people and have a next step for at least five of them.

How am I going to follow up?

*Have

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

my secretary enter all contact information into our firm’s contact database.

*Add the names of those who were interested in receiving our newslette

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

r (if the topic arose in our conversation).

*Write personal notes, send items of interest and schedule face-to-face or telephone discussions.

Your

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

Ideal Client

Who is your ideal client? Make a list of at least 25 of the positive qualities and characteristics of your ideal client. In a perfect w

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

orld, imagine exactly who you want to do business with. Base your list on the best clients you have ever had – list those qualities and characteristi

.

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

cs. You can also make a list of the worst qualities and characteristics – then determine the positive opposite and put those on your list, too.

This

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

pre-event preparation will all but guarantee your success at each and every networking event you attend. Especially if you exercise great follow-up!

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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