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You've decided to start your own business. Now what marketing do you need to get your name out? In the beginning, I would recommend thes

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

e marketing weapons.

1. You need a strong logo that is uniquely your business. A logo design that others in your field can't use. It i

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

Examples of combination products may in

s simple, and not busy looking so people can read it easily at all sizes. The logo should not look "store bought". It should have an ori

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

inal feeling. And have personality, flair and impact. People should like it and say that it is "real creative".

What you want to get ri

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

ght off the bat is word of mouth advertising. The more people that talk about your business, the more awareness your business will rece

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

Combination pro

ive. The more calls you will get. And hopefully, the more business you will generate.

2. You need a unique business card. Your busin

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

ss card should not only have your logo on it, but use the back of the business card for selling purposes. Why not? You have two sides, g

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

et the most mileage out of it.

3. Letterhead and envelopes are nice to have printed with the business cards so they all have the same f

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

amily look in ink coverage and family paper stock. Once again, this should be a high quality job and you should receive great reviews fr

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

m your family and friends over it.

4. Your website should be just as well thought out. It should be unique. One of a kind. Simple a

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

nd quick to navigate through. People hate to wait for a page to load. Sell what you are offering clearly and distinctly. And remember to

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

Following aspects would a

ask for the sale!

5. Your brochure should tie in with your website feel. You want the brochure to be the leave behind piece on a sale

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

call. You should also have this designed so that it can be sent out in an envelope as a direct mail piece accompanied by a letter with

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

on your new letterhead.

That’s a good start for materials. Logo, business card, letterhead, envelope, brochure and website. Now focu

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

s on developing the E-mail mailing list.

Pull all the names from your family and friends. Former work associates. All of your personal

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

contacts plus targeted people or businesses and create a list of 200 people.

Keep this current and E-mail this group on a regular sched

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ule. Tell them current news in their area of interest, ask them questions, give offers, tell them about you and how they can help yo

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

u. Ask for referrals. Basically, you have created a 200 person mastermind group. Keep them informed and stick with this list. From thi

.

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

gold list will spawn many jobs including jobs that they refer others to you.

With a simple small business start up kit and a strong E

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

-mail list of personal contacts that you stay in contact with often, you will be on the road to getting your business off and running

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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Stay in business long enough and you'll most likely develop friendships with some of your employees. Maybe not a close friendship but one that gives you and them a comfort zone that differs from when they were first hired.

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