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Experts agree that the best winning strategy in team sports is a strong defense and I totally agree. The NCAA basketball finals are proving the importance of defense with each game. We write this artic

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

le, because protecting the basket is as important in basketball as protecting the sale in business. Every business and salesperson must maintain and develop strong business relationships if they want t

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

Examples of combination products may in

hold back the competition.

Unfortunately, many businesses and salespeople lose business by not protecting the sale of existing customers. Generally speaking, every business loses about 10 percent of

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

ts client's base each year. This fact can be very scary if the 10 percent loss is from your best clients. A strong defensive sales tactic will not only protect the sale of each customer, it will also s

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

rengthen each business relationship gaining client share from existing customers.

Taking Care of Business

When consulting with some businesses, many of them are more interested in bu

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

Combination pro

lding new clients than developing and growing the clients they have. The truth is that, it is much easier to grow an established business from their existing client base. Most of your customers don't r

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

ealize all the things you do and it is easier to capture new business from them. When we understand that it takes somewhere between 3 to 7 times more effort to win a new customer, it is not always a go

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

d strategy to target new customer first.

The Challenge of Selling to Invisible Clients

One of the challenges for technology companies is adjusting and developing business relationshi

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

s with invisible clients. Customers are invisible because they are faceless and you never meet them without their email address. In some cases your best customers may never come visit you - ever! Perha

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

s they only visit you online and send files to you. It could be worse if you use a delivery service to drop off orders. It won't matter how great your smile is, most of your customers will never see it

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

The world is comfortable with Internet communications and more and more businesses are adopting this method. This is making it more difficult for businesses who insist on only using salespeople. A sa

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

Following aspects would a

lesperson that uses traditional sales tactics will not be able to compete with buyers who prefer to remain invisible.

If your competition is making personal Internet sales calls or sending personalize

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

and inviting communications to your customers, what can you do to defend against this? The best defense is adapting to this challenge. At Selling Magic we meet this challenge with our exclusive and in

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

ovative customers for life program. The customer for life program is a series of personalized Internet communications designed to develop and increase clients share with customers. We have simply adapt

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

d to the customer preference for this advantage.

The Advantage of Selling to Invisible Clients

There is an advantage to working with invisible Internet customers - time. I am amazed

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

t how much more a person can accomplish developing a relationship online and on the telephone compared to being on the street selling. When I must visit a local customer, I often dread the experience b

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ecause I know traffic will eat away at my productive telephone and Internet time.

Most of our Selling Magic business began through the Internet. This newsletter for example is now read around the worl

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

with new subscribers joining each week. We often meet in cyberspace and share a web meeting through go-to-meeting. This is ideal for my sales consulting business. Some of these relationships have beco

.

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

e very strong and we are able to delve deep into solutions for their sales and business issues.

Are you adopting a successful defensive strategy? The only way I know some of my customers is through th

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ir email communications and the sound of their voice. If you are looking for creative ways to strengthen your business, we can schedule a web meeting at your convenience. Contact us today to learn more

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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