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Have you ever seen what you thought could have been a great business but for some reason it doesn't catch on? What you will learn here is how to avoid:

- Fru

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

stration
- Mistakes
- Heartache

Here you will have the right thought process when giving your business a name that will be remembered. You've heard

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

Examples of combination products may in

it a million times. Perception is everything. Regardless of whether it's the truth, perception is what rules the world. So when considering your business name

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

make sure that the perception of that name is what you intend it to be.

The branding of your name and what you want it to stand for is just as important. Ma

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

e sure that your name is able to be branded not just registered. By that, I mean, that you can operate a business under a registered name but you may not be a

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

Combination pro

le to promote or brand that name so be careful.

TIP: Get the name right first and the rest will follow.

You may have to brainstorm with others and take some

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

time if your business is not easy to explain.

Some initial but important tasks are essential in the beginning. As soon as you have some suitable names, check

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

if you are allowed to own them. Is the name available as a registered business name? Are you able to register and buy the domain name? If so, ask yourself th

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

se questions:

Can I combine what I do with a catchy new word or phrase? Are there any symbols I can put in the name that come to mind? Can I use the firs

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

letter of the name as a pocket logo to identify my business?

TIP: Choose a name that has a meaning or suggestion of what you do.

Consider all potential nam

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

s and narrow them down to a short list of five to 10 names. Use the following checklist to evaluate them one at a time. You must be able to answer yes to all

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

Following aspects would a

uestions for any name to be considered further.

1. Is it no more than three words combined?
2. Is each word less than 10 letters?
3. Does it identi

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

y what you do?
4. Does the first letter lend itself to a logo?
5. Does it conjure only positive thoughts when it is read?
6. Is it easy to say?

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

br> 7. Does it sound pleasing to the ear?
8. Does it have an emotional feel?

If you have answered yes for any name, the names may be considered further

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

Once you have a couple of names that you feel are worthy, give them to everyone you know associated with your business. If you haven't started yet give it to

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

others that you don't know and ask their opinion. Be sure to ask them to complete the answers to the 8 questions above.

Last but not least, you need a slogan

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

TIP: Make sure the slogan is catchy and will be remembered.

Some great examples of names and slogans are:

"Which Bank"
Commonwealth Bank
(Savin

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

s bank of Australia)

"We'll save you"
Aussie Home loans.
(Home lending Intuition)

"You Know Who"
Telcoblue
(Telecommunications provid

.

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

r)

In conclusion I wish you luck. This information will be invaluable to you when you have to market and sell your products into the worldwide scene. There

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

re still a lot of issues here and I suggest that you always seek advice of a lawyer before you do anything that will impact in any way on you or your business

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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So often we hear marketing consultants and marketing book authors, which are a dime a dozen for the most part; say that Advertising is a Method to Communicate to the Customer Information About Your Product or Service.

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