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Looking for tips on writing a better fundraising letter? Use these quick tips to craft your next donation request letter. Feel free to modi

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

fy the sample letter below to fit your specific needs.

Good news - Always start the letter with a series of good news bullets to build m

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

Examples of combination products may in

omentum and make entire letter entertaining and informative.

- Use foreshadowing to tease your reader and keep him or her reading.

- Create

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

a "widow" at the end of the first page (a thought that's finished on page two)

- Make your reader turn the page.

Describe what you want

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

to do next

- Tell what you're going to do.

- Why you're going to do it.

- How you're going to do it.

- What results you expect.

List sug

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

Combination pro

gested contribution amounts

- Use even numbers in graduated amounts

- Offer a monthly auto charge credit card option ($10 a month is $120 a

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

year)

- Include a blank line for write-in amounts

Remind readers that their contribution is your budget

- Your successes have been possib

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

le because of their past contributions

- Thank them!

Use P.S.'s for skimmers

- May titillate skimmers and get them to read the entire lett

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

er.

- To create a sense of urgency.

Sample Donation Request Letter

Date

Dear Name of sponsor,

On date of event, I will join hundreds of

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

others to help end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis by riding/walking/skating in the MS event name. By making a pledge on my

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

behalf, you are supporting research and local services to those affected with this unpredictable disease.

Give details - Tell your stor

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

Following aspects would a

y: I have a personal stake in this particular event. My dadhas MS. Not only do I want to help him, but also the many others diagnosed wit

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

h MS. MS is a disease that affects the central nervous system. Some symptoms of MS may include loss of balance, impaired vision and heari

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

ng, fatigue, muscle weakness and, in some, paralysis. Even simple everyday living skills become increasingly difficult. Everyone is affec

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

ted differently by these symptoms.

My goal is to raise at least specify dollar amount this year, which represents $1 for every person with

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

MS registered with our local MS Chapter. Please help me reach that goal with your pledge. Your donation is tax deductible. If you wish,

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

you may mail all or part of your payment amount today in the self-addressed stamped envelope enclosed with this letter.

Otherwise, I will

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

collect your pledge after the event. Please make your check payable to the National MS Society. My deadline to get my pledges in is dead

.

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

line date. Following the event, I will send out a brief recap of the MS event name to all my sponsors.

Thank you in advance for your suppo

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

rt. Please call me if you have any questions or comments about the MS event name. I can be reached at phone number.

Sincerely,

Your nam

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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