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A South African publication revealed that South Africa's top 100 advertisers spent in excess of $930 million on building the

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

ir brands in 2005. Some individual companies spent upwards of $28 million on advertising to drive their brands home.

What's

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

Examples of combination products may in

being advertised and what's being delivered are two totally opposite things. Customers have been left by the way side reeli

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

ng at the fact they have just been coned in many instances.

"If the brand experience does not measure up to the advertised

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

xpectation, Mr Joe Public is guaranteed to walk away. This is one of the great tragedies of brand communication efforts."- T

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

Combination pro

erry Behan

Why is there a major flaw in advertised products versus the delivery thereof, simple, the average business spend

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

s six times more to attract new customers than it does to keep old ones. Service quality in South Africa needs huge attentio

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

n, this is not only our problem it is also a global problem. One of the single greatest keys to longterm success can be summ

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

d up in three simple words: quality customer service.

Major brand suppliers have no idea about these simple words, they cou

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

ld care less because they have no competition in their field. Consumers have no choice but to purchase from these suppliers

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

and hope nothing goes wrong with the product, God forbid they have a problem and have to ask for help.

Painting pretty pict

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

Following aspects would a

ures for the consumer is what sell products, delivering on the fine print can either make or break a brand or company for th

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

t matter. All companies have one thing in common, they sell commodities and the strange thing about that statement is consum

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

ers do not buy commodities.

Despite all of the untold millions of products and services available for sale in today's marke

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

t place, customers will exchange their hard earned cash for only two things: Good Feelings and Solutions to problems. Don't

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

sell me clothes. Sell me a sharp appearence, style and attractiveness. Don't sell me insurance. Sell me peace of mind and a

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

reat future for my family and me.

Many customers are being left in the lurch because of promises made to them by companies.

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

They are not delivering on what is advertised nor are they taking responsibility for after sales help. In my opinion they a

.

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

ctually have no idea about what customers actually want and need.

The customers perception is everything, overpromising and

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

building unrealistic expectations by companies and their side kicks the marketing divisions are killing the consumers trust

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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