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Main Subject - E-Business and Its Advantages
Whether on or off line, customers in today's marketplace want quality products and information in a quick and easy manner. I’ve typed it before and I’ll type
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
it again, the internet’s main benefit is that of speed and convenience. Therefore e-business, which uses the internet as the core for business dealings, can h
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
lp make a company more customer-friendly in addition to many other things, such as creating a more efficient exchange of information and/or products and servi
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
es.
1. Removes Location and Availability Restrictions
Users need not be in the same physical location as an e-business and the exchange of inform
1. Removes Location and Availability Restrictions
Users need not be in the same physical location as an e-business and the exchange of inform
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
tion and transactions may take place at any given time, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and from any location in the world with Internet access. A
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
hysical location is restricted by size and limited to only those customers that can get there, while an online store has a global marketplace with customers a
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
d information seekers already waiting in line.
2. Reduces Time and Money Spent
In e-business, there is often a reduction in costs required to com
2. Reduces Time and Money Spent
In e-business, there is often a reduction in costs required to com
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
lete traditional business procedures. Many of those same traditional business approaches can be eliminated and replaced with electronic means, which are often
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
easier to carry out as well as easier on the pocketbook. For example, compare the cost of sending out 100 direct mailings (paper, postage, staff and all), to
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
ending out a bulk e-mail. Also think about the cost of paying rent at a physical location opposed to the cost of maintaining an online site.
3. Heightens
3. Heightens
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
ustomer Service
With e-business customers receive highly customizable service, and communication is often more effective. There is far more flexibili
With e-business customers receive highly customizable service, and communication is often more effective. There is far more flexibili
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
y, availability and faster response times with online support. For example, think about the speed of e-mail inquiries and live chat as opposed to getting on t
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
e phone, especially when that business is closed for the day. There is also a faster delivery cycle with online sales, helping strengthen the customer/busines
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
relationship. The internet is a powerful channel for reaching new markets and communicating information to customers and partners. Having a better understand
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
ng of your customers will help to improve customer satisfaction.
4. Gives Competitive Advantage
The internet opens up a brand new marketplace to
4. Gives Competitive Advantage
The internet opens up a brand new marketplace to
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
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
usinesses moving online. Competition via the internet is growing as the internet itself grows and waiting too long to move online may cause you to lose your p
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
ace in line entirely. Easy access to real time information is a primary benefit of the internet, enabling a company to give more efficient and valid informati
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
n and helping to gain the competitive advantage over those that are not online.
Although there are risks associating with e-business, as with most business d
Although there are risks associating with e-business, as with most business d
.
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
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
cisions, there is also the risk associated with the inability to adapt to the changing times. Change is inevitable in today’s marketplace and should be embrac
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
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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