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As an entry level position to PR, I found myself typing up a forecast by a major Public Relation’s firm for a major pharmaceutical company of what life would be like in the year 2000. Market research predicti

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

ons included telephones with monitors that could help you see people while you talked, fax machines that could transmit information over telephone wires, microwave ovens for reducing food defrosting time from h

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

Examples of combination products may in

urs to minutes and other devices that have certainly come to pass. In the lifestyle area, predictions proved less valid. Not only would Americans be enjoying longer lives, it foretold, but they would have sho

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

ter work weeks, more vacations and overall, a more leisurely lifestyle. An iota of truth, but mostly wishful thinking when we read 2005 front pages.

I will always remember being called to account because the

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

final document the Client saw had several typos. Presentation counts in this field.

PR firms attempt to influence the major media who in turn help persuade viewers, listeners and readers to think or act in a

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

Combination pro

articular way. The people who enter the profession and those in the media usually have a gift of gab, a facility with the written word, a decent IQ and a certain love affair with risk.

Fortune tellers don’t m

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

ake much money. But most PR firms charge a substantial amount of money to present their client, product or service in a positive light to the media. People are continuously reporting polls or surveys as if th

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

y are fact, when, in truth, often the questions asked are the reason for the results tendered. Trends are so swift these days, just when buzz begins, another bee is buzzing a different tune.

Here is the PR ag

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

ncy drill. A brainstorming session consists of several persons who try and identify a project, tag line or campaign hook that will capture the right response from the media while delivering the Client message.

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

Then a qualified person writes the plan, another person interfaces with the Client and still other people “pitch” the media. Often times in large firms, a separate TV department usually has close ties with t

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

e producers of various programming. You can pitch the same story to ten different venues, and come up with ten different responses. It is an expensive process.

Since everyone is trying for the biggest hits f

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

Following aspects would a

irst, and the spots are truly limited, the pitchers have to be focused and persistent. Then it becomes a numbers game. The more balls you throw, the more likely you are to get a strike. The more strikes you

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

itch, the more likely your team will win, and the competition will be beaten. The more consistent your story, the more believed you will be. The more you can afford to spend, the more you get to use credible

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

pokespeople to help tell your story. It is a numbers game.

So by all means pitch “Oprah” first if you have a story that will hug her heart. Next work the syndicated morning shows. Then try the syndicated wr

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

ters at the major news services when your news is hard and important. Talk to AOL when you have the money, or put it in the movie theatre, the newest venue for enlightening if not annoying a captive audience.

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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

But you can also tell your story with incredible reach and exciting response if you use newspaper mat features to newspapers nationwide via Points of Persuasion Syndicate. For $2100, your message gets faxed

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

to 10,000 plus print and online newspaper outlets immediately. Newspapers use the free columns. Your message gets printed exactly as you tell it, or your captioned color illustration tells the story just the w

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

y you approved it. You’ve increased your chances of the public reading a product or service mention, you’ve had the help of expert PR people with years of presentation skills behind them, your story will stay

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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

n their editorial website for six months to a year, and you get quarterly usage reports to help impress you if you are the business owner or your Clients if you are an agency.

Best of all, the educated, well-o

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

f suburban consumer gets time to find out something informational that can help them and their family live a better life. It seems likely that any marketer would find this a low-budget risk worth taking.

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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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