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The following tips are from an article we contributed to Compute magazine. These are ideas that we all should know, but many times forget. It

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

constantly amazes us how quickly a basic tenent of business can be shoved by the wayside in the heat of daily transactions.

If we all try to

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

Examples of combination products may in

eep these simple principles in mind, they may keep us on the straight and narrow in our pursuit of home office bliss.

1. Buy an answering mac

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

hine. This will allow you to give your attention to a client and not the telephone. Be sure your message is done in a professional manner and

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

ncludes business name, telephone number and hours of operation.

2. Be sure to have a separate telephone line for business. This will avoid yo

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

Combination pro

r family using the same line and busy signals to prospects and clients. Keep your personal calls separate and insure your business line is alw

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

ays answered in a professional manner.

3. Read, read and read some more. You will constantly be learning about your business. Reading will al

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

ow for additional knowledge, change and growth.

4. Buy a fax machine. This will allow you to give your clients prompt responses and in many c

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

ases save on postage and telephone costs. It will also avoid having to leave your office to go and fax something at $1.25 or more per page.

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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

Have an identity package professionally done. Your logo, letterhead, business card, envelope and brochure will be the first impression a pros

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

ect or client has of you. To insure the impression is a good one, have your business package done by a professional designer. The cost is wort

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

Following aspects would a

h it.

6. If possible set up your office in a separate room of your home. This will allow you to close the door at the end of the business day

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

and allow better separation of your personal and business life.

7. To project a professional appearance be sure your home is always neat and

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

clean-nothing lying about. In addition be sure your yard is well kept. Remember, first impressions count.

8. Be sure your business name is de

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

criptive of what you do. Business names that don't relate to your services can hurt a business. Avoid using just initials, that's fine when yo

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

get to be the size of AT&T, but remember, in the beginning no one knows you.

9. Make up a business plan. This will help you research, define

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

and outline your market. It also avoids starting a business in a field that may be overcrowded.

10. If possible, be sure to have at least si

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

months worth of living expenses in reserve. This will allow you to concentrate on getting your business up and running without worrying about

.

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

paying the bills.

11. If possible, buy a copy machine. This avoids having to go out every time you need to make a copy. Also, it allows you

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

o give a client a copy on the spot. This can go a long way towards enhancing your image as a real business.

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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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