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Generally retail purchasing agents and departments are fully ordered by this time every year as they ramp up for

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

Christmas Season. In fact the merchandise is also getting well on its way to the warehouses and by mid October

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

Examples of combination products may in

the stores are taking in the inventory and getting everything in place. This year we see some different trends,

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

sure we see the stores loaded up for Halloween, but we see delayed shipments, lack luster purchasing and higher

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

transportation and distribution costs.

Retailers reported a not so hot recent quarter and many are predicting t

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

Combination pro

hird quarter to not be anything close to spectacular. Costs of transportation of course are up sharply due to fu

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

el supply driving price. Some of this is due to Hurricane disruptions in production and refining, while other is

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

sues include a long-term trend in pump prices and oil barrel price.

Many retailers are already planning sharp c

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

uts after Christmas for instance; Federated Department Stores is cutting 6,200 jobs after Christmas in 2006. Oth

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

er large box store retailers see the writing on the wall and are taking a look and see attitude, but also planni

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

g for drastic measures. With credit card debt mounting with consumers, retail has slowed, also consider the incr

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

Following aspects would a

eased gasoline pump prices to fill up that new SUV, pick-up or Mini Van taking its toll on America’s discretiona

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ry and spendable income. The costs in transportation to ship the products to the stores is also up sharply and t

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

hose costs are passed on to consumers and higher prices mean more reluctant buyers.

Previously home equity grow

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

th helped consumers pay off credit card debt freeing up available balances for consumer spending, yet with housi

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

ng slowing, housing values will not allow a second or third round of such, coupled with the raising of interest

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

rates slowing housing markets. Thus effecting construction, building materials and that means job losses. Couple

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

this with high fuel prices like in 1975 and the fact that the Federal Government will have to stop acting like

.

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

spend thrifts and we have ourselves a Retail Sector Rotation and a downturn in our business cycle. The writing i

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

s on the wall, is anyone looking at anything other than flickering shadows on the cave’s interior. Think on this

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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