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Offering gift certificates is an excellent way of increasing sales by solving your customers’ gift-giving problems. Often people would like to give your products as gifts, but are hesitant to choose a spe

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

cific item for someone.

I’m a jewelry artist, and when I realized I was losing sales to these potential customers, I started offering gift certificates – and discovered a wonderful sales tool.

Wherever y

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

Examples of combination products may in

ou sell your products – at retail locations, shows, home parties – be sure to have an eye-catching sign advertising "Gift Certificates Available in Any Amount". And tell undecided customers about it verbal

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

ly, too, emphasizing the benefits of a gift certificate, and how much their recipient will enjoy choosing the exact item they want.

How to Make Your Own Gift Certificates

Use your computer and printer to

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

make special, fancy certificates using perforated paper or postcard stock you can find in office supply stores, and have matching fancy envelopes to go with them. They don’t need to cost you very much, but

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

Combination pro

they should really look like a special, festive gift to give them extra appeal!

Consider adding enticing photos of some of your most popular products. My gift certificates have a neat vertical border of

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

jewelry photos on each side.

Here’s the information your gift certificates should have on them:

your business name and location, plus other contact info
a "To:" line
a "From:" line

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

li>an "Amount:" line (for the dollar amount)

"custom orders welcome", if applicable

the expiration date, if you want to limit the time period the certificate can be used

the certificate’s un

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

ique number – on your computer or by hand, print a unique number (101, 102, 103, etc., or whatever numbering works for you) on each certificate’s bottom corner, so each can be individually accounted for.

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

When you sell the certificate, you should write the dollar amount and expiration date (if any) on the certificate yourself, and then have the person purchasing the certificate fill out the To and Fr

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

m lines, so it will be in their own handwriting for the recipient to see. Then enter the certificate’s information in your log.

How to Keep a Gift Certificate Log

It’s important to keep a log of each gif

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

Following aspects would a

t certificate you sell. Keeping a record of each certificate sold will ensure that you don’t wind up honoring a counterfeit certificate, or one with a changed dollar amount when someone comes to use it. M

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

y log has 6 columns, and for each certificate I sell, I record in my log:

the certificate’s unique number
the purchaser's name
the recipient's name
the date sold
the dollar a

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

mount of the certificate

the date redeemed

optional seventh column: expiration date.

I keep my log sheet and a stack of ready-to-sell certificates together in a two-pocket folder, along

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

ith a fancy pen for filling out the gift certificates in style when they’re sold.

Use Gift Certificates to Their Fullest Profit Potential

Gift certificates can be a great source of back-end sales. When

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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

the recipient comes to redeem the gift certificate, it’s easy to sell her an add-on item or two. Often she is already predisposed to splurge on something to go with the item she’s getting for free with her

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

gift certificate, and needs only a little encouragement from you to purchase extras. For example, in my case, the recipient will often purchase matching earrings to go with the bracelet she gets for free

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

with her gift certificate. So be sure to show enticing things to the recipient that could accompany the item she chooses for her gift!

Use a gift certificate sale as an opportunity to add two new customer

.

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

s to your mailing list: the person who purchased the certificate, and the person who received it. Obtain permission from each to add them to your mailing list. Both of them are now pre-sold on your prod

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ucts, your service, and especially on your solutions to their gift-giving problems. There’s a good chance they will respond favorably when they receive a special offer from you before gift-giving holidays

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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