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Franchisee associations are unions. In the modern business world if a group of employees want to form a union and the employer doesn’t want it then the employer has a right to close the company. I believe franchisors ought to be allowed to put in the contract that if any fra

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

nchisees get together and form a franchise association to use as collective bargaining power against the franchisor, other than an association approved by the franchisor, then the franchisor should have the right to terminate the franchise contract with all franchisees in that

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

Examples of combination products may in

region immediately and shut down further operations under that brand name in that area indefinitely. When a small group of franchisees in one area use such unnatural market forces as a weapon against a franchisor then the franchisor has less ability to service the rest of th

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

e system and therefore other franchisees in other parts of the country or world will not get fair and equitable time and energies of the franchisor, thus those other franchisees will be damaged.

This will force those franchisees to start their own union (association) and dema

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

d for their rights. This will tear down the franchise system with infighting and the Federal Trade Commission should not condone such behavior as it damages franchisees who are without representation and are forced to join the association, thus they are forced to join a group

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

Combination pro

that they did not know existed when they signed their franchise agreement. A group they may not agree with and a group, which may not have existed at the time they bought their franchise.

As a two-term board of directors member of the AAFD Association of Franchisees and Dea

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

lers I watched as franchisee associations were formed by class action franchisee attorneys and they took down some rather top notched franchise organizations. And in doing so hurt the investing public, consumers who had purchased franchises and relied on the assistance of the

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

franchisor. As the associations started to gang up on the franchisor, the franchisor was so busy defending against the onslaught of sometimes frivolous law suits that they could not perform their obligations as franchisor.

I do not believe the Federal Trade Commission should

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

have any guidelines as to the use of franchisee associations. There are many great companies without unions who generally provide a greater efficiency in the market place to consumers and definitely higher productivity, this is great for consumers of goods and services and th

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

e general productivity of the nation. A franchisor should be allowed to put in his documents that; “if you buy this franchise you agree not to form a franchisee association or union of franchisees.”

I do not believe that the Federal Trade Commission should get in the middle

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

of the franchise relationship because a group of lawyers representing franchisees advised them to do so in the FTC rule-making commenting sessions. Franchisee attorneys stand to make a windfall on such changes in the rule and that impedes the franchise model and means less co

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

Following aspects would a

mpanies will use it. This means slower growth and fewer jobs in many parts of our country, which could use a little boost. Like OR, WA, OH, PA, WI, MS, etc.

The Federal Trade Commission has no business in commenting on that point or telling a franchisor what they can or can

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ot put in the documents regarding unions or franchisee associations as they would like you to call them. If a franchisor wishes to allow such associations and it makes sense, then they should be allowed to have them. If a union is formed against their will they should not be

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

forced to acknowledge it in the disclosure documents. This is a tool, which the franchisee attorneys wish to use as a way to force franchisors to serve their will. Ultimately leading to lawsuits and more work for attorneys. They are using government to force this on franch

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

isors rather than allow franchisors to enforce their system to protect their trademarks and good will thru standardized methods and consistency. By allowing the playing field to become unbalanced and by taking sides the Federal Trade Commission will cause problems for franchi

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

sors and franchisee consumers who spent their life savings for the franchisor’s assistance. If the FTC allow the franchise system to be attacked from within and allow the unions into the disclosure documents then as new franchisees come on board the franchisee associations wi

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

l do a smear campaign just like modern unions do.

You will have Guerilla Tactics and Primate Politics invade our franchise model. It will lead to possible insubordination, increased litigation between franchisor and franchise, thicker documents due to the upcoming increased

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

litigation disclosure rules discussed in this report and all this further breaks down the franchise system and divides us. Similar to the media, lawyers at the polls and this last election, dividing America in 52%-48% ratio. Many great companies have been ruined by unions, u

.

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

nions have helped many workers, but it is best if the free market decides this on its own, with the Federal Trade Commission staying out of it. If the franchisor wants to allow them, great, if not, they should have available options of closing the region and terminating contr

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

acts immediately. If enough franchisees got together and the issues are that serious then the franchisor will have to listen because other wise their business will shrink in half over night and the lawsuits will be overwhelming. Let us let the free market decide these things

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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