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“Both the market and the distributive channel are often more crucial than the product. Products are within the business as the accountants defin

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

e it. They are within its legal boundaries. Economically the other two areas are as much part of business.” - Peter Drucker, Managing for Resul

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

Examples of combination products may in

ts.

According to Peter Drucker product actually does not exist at all, economically speaking, except within a market, bought by a customer for

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

n end-use, and brought to him through a distributive channel. Markets as well as distributive channel do exist, however, independently of any on

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

e product. They are primary, the product is secondary.

Product management is a sub–section of management. But market and distributive channel e

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

Combination pro

ists outside of management control. They are the most crucial and along with that most difficult part of business to understand and dominate.

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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

product needs to find its niche market. And to reach this niche market, it needs a niche distributive channel. The whole supply chain should be

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

friction free for smooth functioning of product profitability. According to Nirmalya Kumar, marketing consultant, brand owner of yesterday worl

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

are still thinking themselves an emperor. But in reality they are barely standing in nude. Distributive channels, Wal-Mart, Tesco, Aldi, etc, h

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

ave found their place in the sun.

Market logic is very simple. These retailers use to act as a link between customer and the product manufactur

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

r. But sooner than never, this distributive channel recognized their power. They are lot efficient than the product brand owner. They know their

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

Following aspects would a

customer much better than brand owners. So they can mould their strategy in a very swift speed.

Apart from that manufacturer use to made their

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

product for in east in China, Indonesia etc. This global supply chain has shown a remarkable efficiency in last decade of 20th century. All the

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

best brands on 20th century use to get their product manufacturer in low labour countries. Now distributive channel want to replace brand owner

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

to dominate the supply chain. According to data from market, 80-90% of American consumers buy from Wal-Mart, target etc. 50% of all sale of bran

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

number one and two are recorded by these biggies channels.

These biggies have now started copying these manufacturer products. Given the advan

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

tage of 10-15% saving in advertising, 5% in sales force and 5% in R&D, these distributive channels are cutting the brand owner throat by reducin

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

g the prices at rock bottom. Wal-Mart knows how to discount lowest and still be profitable to thwart any competition. Marketers at these distrib

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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

tive channels know very well that brands are pass?. Only customer experience and access to the product matters, as Jagdish Seth’s 4 A’s defines.

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

Products brand owners need to understand the fact. It is market and distributive channels century. And they must learn to live with the tigers

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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