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Due to a shortage of labor in the car wash industry perhaps it makes sense to come up with a U-Dry Car Wa

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

sh Model? Recently a business consultant brought up this point with me since I was in the car wash industry for some 20 pl

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

Examples of combination products may in

s years. He noted that it sure took a long time to get his car washed. He also laminated the fact that it did not take lon

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

to actually wash the car, but rather wait in line and then it took a long time to dry it.

Yes drying is an issue and can

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

take 5-minutes often, but really if the car wash did it correctly it does not take long. The better the blowers the more t

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

Combination pro

e car wash can save on labor. Towel loss is an issue as well because if the dryers do a lousy job then of course folks pic

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

up a towel to finish their own car and usually take the towel too.

The business consultant guru had stated;
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
rong>Anyway, I put on my consulting hat and thought, You know it doesn't take a long time to WASH a car--The time is consu
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
ed in DRYING IT! So, what if you devised a new kind of car wash called: WE WASH-- YOU DRY! Make towels available (there wi
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
l be some losses, yes) and for those in a rush, for the self-helpers, they can get in and out in ten minutes.

This is a v
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
ry good point, in fact Dr. Goodman of CustomerSatisfaction.com makes many very good points, especially considering the lab
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a
r situation and changes in the car wash industry. Indeed there are several new concepts, they call them Flex-Serve, They w
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
sh, one employee collecting money, you can dry or drive away without but have rinsed with spotless water and mostly blown
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
ry anyway. Little Sisters Truck Wash does this, they dry the main stuff and you can grab a towel or two and completely dry
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

it if you want too. You have about 20 minutes until the next Big Rig comes out of the bay. Dr. Goodman also notes that;
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

rong> Labor costs stay down, and the business does what it does best--WASHING, and not deploying and managing lab

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

rers.

Yes, in fact Mister Car Wash has flex serve in the Twin Cities, Boise, Spokane and Kennewick, WA. Another company,

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

hich was selling franchises called Rapido Rabbit, had such a Flex Serve. But your idea about lending a towel makes sense.

.

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

would do that. It sure makes sense in Sunny Weather States; Sunbelt States for sure. Indeed Dr. Goodman is correct and pe

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

haps the U-Dry Car Wash Model, will solve the labor problems which plague the car wash industry? Consider all this in 2006

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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