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“The most perfectly designed package in use.”

Above statement was made by Raymond Loewy on the six and half ounce bottle of co

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

ca-cola folks in Atlanta (coca-cola base) obviously felt that the coke bottle was there greatest strength. They used that in ev

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

Examples of combination products may in

ry add and even trade marked it.

But every strength has inherent weakness Guerrilla marketer know that.

It was mix of Economi

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

c situation and shrewd use of Guerilla tactics in early thirties, which help the minnows of cola war raise their head above the

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

water line. In the great depression, cash was scantly available.

Pepsi cola’s key marketing approach was the 12- ounce bottle

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

Combination pro

that would sell for same niche that would buy only six and half ounce of coca-cola.

It was a brilliant strategy executed in a

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

pectacular way it hit the mark, especially with the young cola, kids went for quantity rather than quality. Pepsi use this old

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

saying and hit the bull’s eye. It was a perfect guerrilla attack. With limited budget coca-cola spent around $15 million in tha

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

year while Pepsi went with 12 ounce bottle with a $600,000 ad budget.

Now coke was in fix. They can’t go for each bottle capa

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

city increase without scraping a billion dollar and their greatest strength the six and half ounce bottle.

Guerrilla knows how

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

to exploit the situation. Even over whelming competitor strength. Pepsi know it would be difficult for coke to turn back and at

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

Following aspects would a

ack is a swift action and they will have a big time gap between the reaction, a year or two.

Then the last nail in the coffin

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

with Pepsi generation. Coca-cola was 100 years old brand people use to recognize them with coke brand older people were keener

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

o drink coke. A younger person always has a tendency to rebel against old way of doing things and living. Pepsi turned the heat

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

on with Pepsi generation. In 1964, the idea found wings with a classic, “Come alive, you are in the Pepsi generation.”

Pepsi

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

ew strategy was to position not itself but the competition, “out of step, out of touch, and out of date.”

Along with that this

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

approach target the youth whose natural tendency was rivalry with old generation. Pepsi also use music, which was traditional

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

eapon of teenager to show their rebellion approach. Younger generation started to attach themselves with Michael Jackson and Li

.

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

onel Ritchie. Result was a reduced coke leadership from 2.5 to 1 to 1.25 to 1 and eventually under able leadership of John Shco

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

lley Pepsi toppled coke from its leadership. Pepsi won the battle. But war is on.

Think again what was coke strength……actually

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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