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Recently, I had my carpets cleaned by a new company I had never used before. This is a new company and the owner himself showed up to clean my carpets. It took him 3 hours to do the stairs, hallway, family roo

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

m, living and dining rooms. But, when he was done, they looked TERRIFIC and I was “sold” on his company.

When we hold a workshop, make a sale from our site, create a custom album, etc. we hope that th

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

Examples of combination products may in

customer will come back and buy from us again because they had a good experience. We want loyal customers who appreciate our work. But, loyalty isn’t the highest level of satisfaction you can you can achieve

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

rom a customer, ADVOCACY is. That’s what will help your business grow.

One definition of an ADVOCATE is: To speak, plead, or argue in favor of something. Do your customers do that? When the carpet man left y

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

sterday, I told three neighbors about him and said they’d be THRILLED if they used him. I don’t get any perks for this—just the satisfaction of helping a new company with a great service and a fantastic owner g

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

Combination pro

ow. As he left the other day, he asked me for a “testimonial” for his site. He’s new and needs comments from customers in his area. I agreed that I would email him something (NOTE: He ASKED for it). He also g

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

ve me a handful of cards (NOTE: HAND OUT YOUR CARDS!!!). Then he said, “If you see that in a couple of days that it doesn’t look right, call me and I’ll be glad to come back and get the spots.”

I am not just h

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

s new customer, I am his new advocate and will tell me neighbors what a great experience I had with his carpet cleaning company. A few weeks later, I got a coupon book in the mail from one of those ad companies

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

and in it was a coupon for this carpet cleaning company and there was my testimonial. He not only asked for it, but he jumped on it and used it.

So, how does a person go from “customer” to “advocate”? Well, f

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

rst, they fall in love with you through your service and then they keep getting “courted” by you with special treatment. You have to set out to make them your advocate – not in a contrived way, but just by givi

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

g them your best efforts to make them happy. Not every customer will become your advocate, but if you pay attention to the loyal ones who keep coming back, you can lead them down the path of advocacy with a few

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

Following aspects would a

suggestions:

Give your best customers advance notice of EVERYTHING. If you get new products in, let them know a day ahead and let them know that they are getting SPECIAL ADVANCE NOTICE.
Give th

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

m a perk such as free shipping on a lower dollar amount or 13 custom pages for the price of 12, or an extra embellishment in their kit. Make sure they know that this perk is ONLY for your BEST customers.

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

>Invite them to offer you input on new products - make them feel special and connected to your business.

Send them free gifts or samples at unannounced times. Don’t just send them a birthday gift, send

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

them a HAPPY SPRING gift or a sample of a new product. Some scrapbook vendors send samples with every order and their customers are surprised and delighted with each order they get. It costs them just pennies

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

ut makes a big difference to their customers.

Give them extra service—offer to wrap a gift, wrap up their custom album before you drop it off. Thank them for being one of your BEST customers.

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ake sure you know who they are. If they are getting your highest level of service, remember that and don’t mistakenly drop them off their pedestal or you may pay a price.

Put a free "thank you" gift

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

n every one of their orders

upgrade something for them in a custom scrapbook - the album, cardstock, etc.

offer the special shopping times or hours

How much would all of this cost yo

.

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

vs. how much you would gain?

Surprise and delight your loyal customers with the unexpected perk “for our BEST customers only”. Pretty soon, they will not only continue to buy from you, but they will be tellin

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

their scrapping friends to buy from you also. That’s what turns a customer into your advocate which then keeps them coming back, only instead of coming back on their own, they bring all their friends with them

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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