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Effective negotiating is not a substitute for selling skills. Many salespeople believe that they need to be b

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

etter negotiators, when what they really need is improved selling skills.

Let’s define selling from my persp

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

Examples of combination products may in

ective. 1. Selling is identifying good prospects (which means that have a need and desire for a solution that

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

your product or service will give them.) 2. Positioning your product or service in the mind of the prospect

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

as the best solution for their available resources. 3. Presenting the aspects (features and benefits) of your

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

Combination pro

product or service to the prospect in a way that they see how these solutions will be achieved. 4. Answering

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

any unspoken questions (sales objections) during this process and asking for the business. (That’s called cl

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

osing, folks.) I just summarized my two-day sales seminar.

Let’s define negotiating. Negotiating begins whe

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

re selling leaves off. It is finding those areas of difference or compromise in: a. features (what they can l

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

ive without) b. delivery terms (what they need and what you can give them.) c. financial terms (again, what t

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

hey need and what you can allow.) Negotiating is finding a way to reach a meeting point where you and your p

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

Following aspects would a

rospect can agree with each other’s circumstances and still have a win/win relationship. I don’t know if the

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

negotiating experts would agree with me, but since this is my Tip, you can decide for yourself whether my arg

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

ument makes sense.

The close of the sale is the beginning of the client relationship, not the end of somethi

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

ng. Negotiating is both parties giving in so that you can have a mutually beneficial working relationship.

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

Selling is about developing and maintaining positive ongoing relationships. Negotiating can be a one-time iss

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ue that only comes up in the beginning of a new relationship or when there are new ingredients added to the r

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

elationship puzzle such as a new product introduction, new policies on the part of your organization or your

.

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

client’s, or when a competitor is knocking on your customer’s door.

Both skills – selling and negotiating –

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

are necessary if you are to have any degree of career success in sales.

Which is more important? You decide

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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