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My friend Ken, the toy poodle breeder, called the other day asking about imprinted pens to give away at dog shows to promote his kennel. From previous conversations I rem

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

embered something about height restrictions.

"Ken, isn’t there a rule that when a toy poodle gets to a certain height, you can’t show it any more?" I asked.

"Sure," he

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

Examples of combination products may in

eplied. "Ten inches. Then the owner needs to get another poodle."

"So give your prospects a ruler imprinted with your kennel name, "Breeder of Champion Poodles", phone n

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

mber and a line that says, ‘Call Me When Your Dog Gets Too Tall.’"

"Now that’s a great idea," he exclaimed.

Developing great promotional ideas that are relevant to your

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

audience isn’t that hard. It simply takes a subtle shift in mindset and an understanding of what you really want to accomplish. The shift in mindset comes when you under

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

Combination pro

tand the difference between a giveaway and a promotion.

A giveaway is a one-way street. All too often, business owners give away some cheap doo-dad thinking it will crea

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

e goodwill and effectively promote their business. They are mindless of the fact that the item is irrelevant to their business or the prospect's need — such as a breeder

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

giving away an imprinted pen. The recipient takes the item home and: 1) puts it in a drawer, 2) gives it to the kids, 3) throws it away. 4) perhaps uses the item with no

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

eal intention of doing business with the advertiser.

With a giveaway, you cannot measure your return on investment. You gain practically nothing meaningful … certainly n

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

thing you can actively follow up on. And, as far as building business? Few will say, "Wow! They have me a cheap piece of junk with their name on it! I’ve really got to do

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

business with them." A promotion is a two-way street. You determine what your want your target to do, then you figure out a way to get them to do it. Trade shows are a g

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

Following aspects would a

ood example.

As I said, most companies give away something cheap to everyone who stops or walks by. But as a business owner/marketer, you don’t care about everyone – at

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

east you shouldn’t. You should care only about those who are interested in your product or service and can afford to pay for it. Being a smart promotional marketer, you s

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

ould offer something of value to those who first fill out a short need-assessment or questionnaire providing you with their name, contact information and an idea of their

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

interest level or purchasing time frame. This is how you qualify your prospects and obtain meaningful, actionable data. And because you're not giving something to everyb

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

dy, you can afford to offer promotional product that costs a bit more and will give your prospect a reason to remember you.

For instance, a Financial Planner that’s givi

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

g pens to everyone, would do better to offer an imprinted booklet about managing finances ONLY to those who fill out the short questionnaire. Sure, the booklet costs more

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

than the pens. But, the Financial Planner obtains information on which he/she can effectively follow up. The added bonus is the fact that the return on investment is mea

.

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

urable, and, the prospect has a meaningful item that is relevant to their interest.

Cheap giveaways have their place when donating to goody bags or as prizes for contest

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

or token thank-you gifts. However, when your goal is to promote your business, secure qualified leads or increase traffic – an effective promotion beats a cheap giveaway

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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