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A current floral industry buzzword is “boxed flower program”. This refers to the practice of selling flowers to the consumer in a box, normally through distribution channels other than the tradit

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

ional retail florist. Some boxed flowers come directly from growers, some come from order fulfillment centers. In all cases, the flowers are delivered by a freight service such as Fed ex.

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

Examples of combination products may in

ayers in the boxed flower program game are Proflowers, Growers Flowers, Flowers by Martha, and, perhaps surprisingly, FTD.

Traditional florists and the businesses that support them, such as tradi

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

ional wholesale florists, are rightfully concerned about the competition they are receiving from vendors who sell flowers this way. They are also concerned about the effect these flowers are havi

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

g on the consumer flower market’s perception of value.

The fear is that if sub-standard quality flowers and floral services are being sold, the overall demand for flowers will fall; that the boxe

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

Combination pro

flower programs are giving flowers in general a bad name. According to an FTD consumer survey, florists believe that consumers who receive boxed flowers are disappointed in the quality, price an

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

service. However, consumers asked the same questions respond overwhelmingly that they are more than satisfied with their flower buying and receiving experience through boxed flower programs.

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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

haps, the florists are responding to good science that shows that the single most important factor in prolonging the eventual vase life of flowers is the cold chain. In other words, flowers kept

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

old from post-harvest to home will perform best. In boxed flower programs, flowers leave the farm or order fulfillment center via a shipping company that does not have refrigeration. Flowers are

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

generally out of the cold for 24 hours before reaching the recipient. I would challenge florists to consider how many hours their flowers are out of the cold chain before the consumer receives t

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

em. Do their flowers sit in buckets in their design room? Do completed arrangements sit in the garage waiting to be delivered? Are their delivery vans, and the delivery vans of their suppliers

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

Following aspects would a

efrigerated?

It is my assertion that flowers delivered in boxes and flowers delivered by florists have equal chances of good performance, provided everything goes well at each stop along the dist

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ibution channel from farm to home. Tremendous effort and pride is taken in the proper care and handling of flowers in the floral industry, however the more hands handling the flowers along the wa

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

, the more chance there is for a break in the chain.

There are those who charge that boxed flower retailers are using marketing tactics, which mislead consumers to believe they are ordering flowe

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

s from a local florist. Should this be found to be the case, the traditional retail florist would certainly have a right to be angry. Laws of this great country generally support a level playing

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

field. It’s this nuance of the argument that goes unnoticed by many florists. While FTD loudly fights against those unfair marketing tactics, they are not so quick to mention their own boxed f

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ower program. On the surface, FTD appears to be fighting the battle to protect their retail florist members while it seems to me that they are protecting their own interest as a competitor to tho

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

e very same traditional retail florists who are their customers.

I guess what I’m saying is… Game on! Both traditional retail florists and boxed flower programs are going concerns in the flower

.

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

arket. I do not believe they need to exist independently of one another. There are services provided by each that are not provided by the other. Each needs to understand the other and their pla

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

e in the market, so they can focus their energies growing their businesses.

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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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