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This is HUGE. This is tsunami in the making. Small business financing is on the brink of tapping into billions and billions of dollars that previously shu

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

t it out.

The signs are quiet. One venture capital firm announced that it had just funded an internet startup for $250,000. Another announced it had just

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

Examples of combination products may in

brought in a new partner whose previous background was in angel investment. A third announced it would be sending a senior partner to a business plan compe

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

ition.

Don’t get me wrong. Every one of these things has happened many times before. But this time it is different. This time they are announcing it.

O

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 of the closest guarded secrets in venture capital is that venture capital firms do indeed make small investments, and have for as long as anyone can remem

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

Combination pro

er. These small loans are typically made to startups that just need a jolt of cash to get to the first stage, to give them breathing room to get a prototyp

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

made or have a marketing study completed. The venture firm typically takes a first option on future investments for these small investments, plus a bit of

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

stock or interest or whatever.

The reasoning behind the small investments was never to make money, and these investments didn’t make money. If everything

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

orked out okay, the small company could apply for significant venture funding when the time came.

Well, now there’s a new kid on the block.

This time the

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

xpectation is that these small investments WILL make a return, a goodly return in fact.

This time the small investments are aimed squarely at internet star

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

ups. That’s right – that industry that drove the venture capital industry to the dotcom disaster is back with a vengeance. Seems like the internet and ven

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

Following aspects would a

ure capital are two lovers that just can’t stay away from each other for too long.

And this time it makes a lot of sense. Most internet businesses can beg

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

n easily with way less than a million in investment. Some need no more than a couple of programmers and a marketing person. With the right concept, the su

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

cess comes rapidly and the internet business becomes self-sustaining in no time at all. And, if you take a look at the internet roster, you will see a long

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

list of very successful companies that started on next to nothing.

This is the success that the venture capital companies are going after. Percentage-wise

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

there are huge profits to be made.

Smart venture capital companies are streamlining the application process. One, in fact, only requires the approval of

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ne partner for investments up to $250,000.

The business plans for these internet companies will be like none other. No 200-page bound treatises here. Nop

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

.

Short. Sharp. Nimble. A presentation that demonstrates the entrepreneur’s grasp of the industry and its rapidly evolving nature is the business plan o

.

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

the day.

An online demo is essential.

And the power to turn all the equipment off and look the venture investor in the eye is also essential.

Those entr

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

preneurs who can provide vision and knowledge are sitting in a pot of jam. There are literally billions and billions of dollars waiting for you. Go get it

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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