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So everyone thought you were crazy when you announced 6 months ago that you were quitting your “real job” in hopes

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

of chasing starting your own Private Label Clothing Line. Your house is a disaster, blank shirts and line sheets ev

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

Examples of combination products may in

erywhere, your living room has been transformed into a makeshift production lab. You’ve bled and sweat, investing e

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

very last of ounce of time, effort and inevitably…your life savings. At last, you’re first sample line is complete

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

and your line sheets are nothing short of spectacular. Congratulations! But wait…better take a deep breath as the r

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

Combination pro

eal work has only begun. What next?

Lucky for you, Leisure Trends estimates that in 2004 surf and skate retailers

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

sold $4.87 billion in goods. With those figures continuing to increase in 2005 you only need a sliver of the pie. M

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

ost importantly you need to place yourself in front of and meet the right people.

Industry Trade Shows: Inundated

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

with retail purchasers in attendance, emerging brands often use trade show appearances to better establish their li

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

nes with key accounts from specialty shops such as Huntington Surf & Sport to larger chains including Tilly’s. From

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

sourcing wholesale clothing to meeting buyers, these events are your opportunity to get your name out there and be

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

Following aspects would a

gin taking orders.

1. ASR – As a full service tradeshow, Action Sports Retailer (ASR) provides a venue for buyers

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

and manufactures to meet, sell, buy, exchange ideas, market, and network. With 3 events each year, ASR gathers appr

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

oximately 7000 buyers and decision makers. Visit www.asrbiz.com f

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

or more info.

2. Surf Expo- Produced twice annually, Surf Expo is the longest running trade show for manufacturers

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

and retailers in the boardsports and resortwear industries (28 years). Visit ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

fexpo.com">www.surfexpo.com for more details.

3. Magic – Considered perhaps the most influential business even

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

t in the fashion industry, Magic connects a global audience twice per year and attracts over 95,000 attendees inclu

.

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

ding over 3,000 manufacturers. For show information visit www.ma

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

giconline.com

Now, hopefully you’ve come up with a unique approach and can afford booth space.

Happy selling!

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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