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Dr Phil is the master of joint ventures, and he should write a course on one. He is better than me and all of the other gurus combined with this a

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

rt.

You know who Dr. Philip McGraw is right? He’s that psychologist who got famous after he appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show.

Before then, have you ever hea

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

Examples of combination products may in

rd of him? I didn’t, so how exactly did Dr. Phil tap into Oprah’s list? Her list is extremely large, but her lists of subscribers are known as viewers, a

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

d she has them all over the globe.

Well, it all started back in 1996 when Oprah was in some trouble with a lawsuit for defaming the cattle industry, because of

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

her show on mad cow disease. She hired Dr. Phil to help her get ready for the Amarillo Texas beef trial.

She was really impressed on what he did and she gave

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

Combination pro

im the glory for winning the case. Soon after that he started appearing on her show more often and he won the approval of Oprah so he also won the approval of h

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

er viewers/subscribers, and bam he shot up big. He now has his own television show, but here’s the catch, it’s under Harpo productions which is owned by Oprah (

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

t’s her name spelled backwards), so she is receiving benefits of his work as well.

So what notes can we take from Dr. Phil when landing a super big joint ve

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

nture? Well, you have to help the individual your about to confront, and you have to help them in a huge way.

You know as the saying goes, “the best way

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

to get what you want is to help someone get what they want.” This is so true, you help people out and they will naturally return a favor, it’s one of the la

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

ws of the universe.

I won a good friend recently by simply giving him some advice, I wasn’t looking to get anything out of it, I just wanted to help him out.

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

Following aspects would a

The advice that I gave him worked and it also helped him save a customer which is priceless.

He gave me one of his products for free and said that if I needed

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

im for anything just ask. That’s the kind of relationships that you need to strike with people, a good book for this is “how to win and influence people.”

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

earning marketing is great, but you also need to know how to work with people to strike deals, because that’s all business my friend. Here is how I win fri

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

nds with all of my customers.

1. Provide a service that you back up what you say in your salesletter. People hate being scammed and duped, would you? Your name

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

and reputation is far more valuable then a quick buck.

2. Provide excellent customer service. When a customer emails me and have a question about one of the m

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

thods in my product, I ALWAYS respond to them, and I do it within a reasonable time. It’s not cool that after a customer purchase something to simply leave the

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

m in the cold, because they will not purchase from you again.

3. Make a friend instead of a sale. I rather have 10 friends in my list then 10,000 people who pu

.

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

chase from me. Forming relationships is something that many marketers neglect. A friend will be with you forever, a sale, especially if you neglect them will b

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

e gone if you ignore them.

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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

Did you know that you should always create a process map for every procedure or system of procedures that you develop? And did you know that, like a table of contents, this will create stronger communication and better understanding in your organization?

Advertising gifts can be a great way to increase your business by getting your name out to clients and potential clients in a way that they will enjoy and appreciate. It is your job to advertise yourself to your clients and to spread your own name and the name of your business to new clients and to refresh your business with old clients as well.

Doesn’t that just grab you by the eyeballs and make you stop dead in your tracks? I mean it’s a little harsh – grammatically speaking – but holy smokes, it does it have ‘stopping power’…

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