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A franchisor who is promoting his franchise brand is really marketing for a couple of diff

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

erent objectives and this makes things a little more difficult than in other types of busi

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

Examples of combination products may in

esses. You see, a franchisor must promote the brand name to help the franchisees get more

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

ustomers because if the franchisees don't succeed the franchisor will also go out of busin

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

ss.

A franchisor must also market his franchise system so that he can recruit the top can

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

Combination pro

idates to his franchise system. It is not just a matter of selling franchises because the

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

franchisor needs the very best franchisees otherwise it will slow him down in the marketpl

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

ce.

So how can a franchisor find the best franchise candidates to sign up to by franchise

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

? Well, the Internet is one very good way and there are also franchising Internet portals

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

but the franchisor must be where because simply having someone fill out a form on the Int

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

rnet does not mean they are qualified to buy the franchise, as a matter of fact 80% of the

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

Following aspects would a

people who fill out the franchise forms are worthless leads. And in the remaining 20% may

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

not be interested and are filling out forms all over the Internet with many different fran

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

hisors.

A franchisor should market and promote the franchise system in such a way that he

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

gets a double bang for his buck. In other words he must find a way to strengthen the 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

name and drive customers to his franchisees, as well as get people interested in signing

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

p to be franchisees.

One way to accomplish this is to get customers into the stores and t

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

en have something on the counter such as a brochure, which will bring people to the compan

.

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

web site. Once on the web site; there should be a place for the potential franchise candi

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ate to click on and learn about franchise opportunities. Please consider all this in 2006

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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