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Learn a lesson in direct mail fundraising from Cindy Sheehan.

The bereaved mother who became a figurehead

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

for the US anti-war movement abandoned her fight in May 2007 after growing disenchanted with the campaign.

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

Examples of combination products may in

Here is an advocate and fundraiser who literally gave all that she had for her cause. After her son, Casey,

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

was killed in the war in Iraq, she set up a protest camp outside the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas. All

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

the money from the survivor's benefits paid for her son's death, and everything she earned from speaking and boo

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

Combination pro

fees, she spent on her cause. "I have been called every despicable name that small minds can think of and have

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

had my life threatened many times."

Cindy became the "postergirl" for the US anti-war movement. But now

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

she has quit. And here's why.

"Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next Ame

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

ican Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politi

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

cs with human lives," she said.

There you have it, your challenge in raising funds and raising awarenes

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

for your cause through the mail. Many donors care more about American Idol than they do about your mission. You

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

Following aspects would a

challenge as a direct mail fundraiser is to craft fundraising letters that are so creative, so dramatic, and so

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

compelling, that your donors give you their undivided attention (and their undesignated donations).

Yo

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

r donor has never been more busy and more distracted than she is today. Five-hundred channels on the TV remote.

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

ne-hundred million videos viewed on YouTube each day. Around three-thousand marketing messages a day.

A

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

dvertisers are working hard to get your donor's attention. So are the TV networks. Which means you need to stand

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

out and be different from more than just the other charities in your sector. Your largest competitor is American

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

Idol.

I have no sympathy for the families of American Idol contestants who lost. Sorry, but the show is v

.

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

ulgar and vain. But I have great sympathy for the families of soldiers who died in Iraq in a senseless war, si

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ce all wars are senseless. And I have great sympathy for Cindy Sheehan. She lost her battle, and her war.

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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