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There is fantastic information circulating about fundraising programs. Giving to charities rose by

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

a helpful 11.6% over last year. The word is out that the outlook for giving is extremely positive

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

Examples of combination products may in

and upbeat.

Isn’t it fantastic that Warren Buffett plans to give the vast majority of his fortun

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

e away to charity? Announcements like these help to set a great atmosphere for giving. By the way,

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

Mr. Buffett’s fortune languishes near $44-billion.

Let’s look at the top ten fundraising recipie

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

Combination pro

ts:

• United Way of America broke the tape with a 3.9% increase over 2004. That represents a cool

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

$4billion garnered into the coffers.

• The Salvation Army, who are always expected to be in the

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

top ten, were hard on the heels of United Way. Clocking in with $3.6billion, they more than double

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

d last year’s takings. Hurricane Katrina and the estate of Joan B. Kroc helped to lift them to the

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

No. 2 position. Just as a side note. We dropped donations in the Red Kettle to the tune of $111mi

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

lion. Up from the previous year.

• Most of our donated goods for the less fortunate overseas went

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

Following aspects would a

to the AmeriCares Foundation. They were given $1.3billion to carry out their work.

• The America

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

n Red Cross was back in the running with $1.3billion. Well over 75% of that went to the tsunami an

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

d hurricane relief efforts.

• The American Cancer Society slid into fifth place with 929.6million

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

. For them this represents a whopping 7% increase.

• Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund came in a cred

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

table sixth place.

• Gifts In Kind International managed to shore up seventh place.

• The timele

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ss YMCA was hard on their heels for eighth position.

• Feed the Children came in a respectable ni

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

nth place.

• And the Tulsa Community Foundation wrapped up tenth position.

According to ‘Giving

.

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

USA,’ Americans parted with 260.3billion of their hard earned dollars in 2005. A staggering 2.7% i

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ncrease after inflation. The fundraising climate is truly the best that is has been for many years

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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