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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

ist your business in making an educated assessment of economic conditions impacting on your market, and the retailing sector in general.

The last 10 years

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

Examples of combination products may in

has been a boom time for retailing. The larger retailers have done particularly well during the last decade at a time when we have seen the market fuelled b

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

y the consumer. Many smaller retailers have done well, particularly those that have carved out, and concentrated on their niche market.

However, we have se

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

n, during the last 10 months in particular, a large increase in the price of oil and this has gradually now had a 'catch up' effect on the typical household

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

Combination pro

budget. This is the case in virtually every western country that I have visited in the last four to six months. And I believe it will continue.

The housin

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

g market has been primarily responsible for fuelling the economic boom of recent years. But this has now come to a halt and real estate is actually going do

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

n in price in most western markets, while booming in Asia. In many areas there is a glut of houses on the market and a sudden scarcity of buyers. This has t

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

o have an effect throughout the economy.

We have seen an unusual trend of retail sales over the Christmas period of 2006. Some retailers experienced quiete

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

r time in contrast to what they had expected and planned. The retail figures that I have seen so far in both the U.S.A. and Australia, shows retail sales co

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

tracted by 0.1% in November. Not a surprise to many retailers.

Now I'm not proposing that this is a time for doom and gloom. However I am proposing that it

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

Following aspects would a

is perhaps the time to appreciate what we now have, and to make sure that we do not risk that, through unnecessary expenditure of capital, in an effort to

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

get even more. It will come back - it always does, but I think some caution and some prudent planning is the order of the day. You should be prepared and ma

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

ke sure that you do not get caught saying, 'I wish we had more just like the good old days'.

So what do we do? Well, it is normally a quiet period immediat

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

ly following the New Year, or post Christmas sales. It is an opportunity to assess your marketing plan that you have in place over the next 12 months. Durin

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

g the quiet months of February and March particularly, you should be using the available time to research and then prepare to put into place your various ma

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

rketing strategies for the rest of the year.

Those familiar with my marketing philosophy already know that marketing is not part of what you do; it is ever

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

thing that you do all the time. I see all too often, businesses not taking advantage of the quiet times to plan and prepare for the year ahead, or to catch

.

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

up on all of the things that did not get done while they were busy.

So use the time you have available to you, when you have it. Do not leave it until tomo

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

rrow or next week. Your quiet time is some of the most valuable time that you have.

Put it to good use and you will reap the benefits in the months to come

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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