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Many new franchisors fall down in the franchisee set-up phase. This is the phase where the new franchisee has pai

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

d their fees and is now entering the system. They will either be getting equipment or building out a location. Sm

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

Examples of combination products may in

aller franchisors often find it difficult to hold the hand constantly with the new franchisee as the have questio

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

ns, feel somewhat nervous and anxiety sets in. Wouldn’t you be nervous starting your new business?

The best thin

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

g a new franchisor should do is to constantly ask the new franchisees what they can do better to assist them. Sur

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

Combination pro

e they will ask for the world and if you give them everything well that is not good either as:

A.) You will go b

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

roke Trying

B.) If you give them everything you will make them Weak

When we first got started setting up franch

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

ses in 1997 we learned the hard way, but by mid 1999 we had it pretty well figured out. Here is one of the critiq

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

ues we got from a new franchisee, which helped wake us up. We asked what could we do better in the initial phase

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

of start-up? Here is what they stated:

“When a person has been approved he could use someone to walk him through

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

the whole process. I could have also used a list of vendors who were building my truck bed, getting wheels etc.

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

Following aspects would a

A payment schedule, laying out when one would need to have what money ready would be extremely useful. When you

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

read the UFOC it appears that the money should get paid up front, but really it gets laid out in bits and pieces

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

. I want to know clearly and up front how it will go, when I can expect the various parts of the transaction to h

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

ppen-at least in a chronological order if not a specific date. And when the bed is finished, the truck body comp

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

any [mobile franchise business] should call ME first as well as Howard [equipment vendor and main supplier] and y

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ou [franchise founder]. I was still out west when the body on my truck was actually finished. Had they contacte

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

d me first I would have stayed and waited saving time and money and getting my business started sooner.”

By doin

.

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

g extensive critique reviews we were able to prevent lawsuits and continually better our system and streamline th

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

e process. If you run a franchise company you would be well advised, by me, to do the same. Think on 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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Most of us at one time or another have considered starting a business of our own and perhaps considered one of the 3,000 franchises available in the United States. Many say that franchisors are deceptive in their offerings yet as a Board of Director Member of the American Franchisee and Dealers Association, I never found this to be the case.

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