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Main Subject - 5 Ways to Start a Networking Group That Sizzles, Not Fizzles
You've attended every networking event in your area and they seem to offer the same thing - eating, meeting, greeting and fleeing. You'r 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 e bored with the routine of these events and you joyously decide that the time has come to start your own networking group that will blo ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in everyone's socks off. Starting your own networking group takes time and effort. Not only do you have to create excitement, but you als lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. have to sustain the momentum so people continue to attend. Here are 5 things to remember when launching your own networking group so t here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe at it sizzles, not fizzle.
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro enlist the help of volunteers who share your vision. I was fortunate to have 6 people work along side of me in the early stages of the d 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 velopment of this association. The seven of us became the founding board. Having them helped me in shaping the direction of this new net 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 orking group, not in my own personal vaccum, but by tapping into a wide variety of experiences. nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically s early. This will save you alot of grief in the long run. The bylaws help you to govern your group so that it runs more smoothly. I 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 also helps you in deciding how elections will be run, how board members will be replaced and how you'll manage your group's money. ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a new networking group with no other events planned for the rest of the year. Keep the momentum going by ensuring you have planned out the dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod timing of your future events. If possible, make it the same time each month eg. the third Thursday or the first Monday. That way, people cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin can plan ahead. tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen hy you're doing what you're doing can make the difference between having 10 repeat visitors or over 100. Understand why you're creating 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 his new networking group by crafting a winning mission statement and strategies for the upcoming year. ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust ur new group conflicts with another. People are more willing to support networking groups that offer something new. Develop an inter y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products sting model that other networking groups aren't using and you'll create repeat visitors to your events. While adopting these . 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 suggestions may be too much for your new networking group, following them will make the difference between having a successful - and sus elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip aining - networking group or one that fizzles and dies within weeks of the launch. (c) 2005 Leesa Barnes. All Rights Reserved Worldwide 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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