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When planning a wedding, one soon realises that no matter how you look at it, it could cost you a tidy sum. We have been 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

llecting data from our brides over the past 6 years and it never ceases to amaze us how much can be spent on a wedding. Some couples choose to have casual intimate affairs a

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

Examples of combination products may in

nd have spent as little as $1,000.00, whilst others opt for something a little more grand and opulent and have spent as much as $80,000.00. However, no matter what your budg

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

et, we all would like to know who pays for what.

We have put together a list, by category, of the key items involved in organising a wedding. Alongside we indicate ‘traditi

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

onally’ who has been responsible for these items (in bold), bearing in mind that not everyone sticks to tradition.

Beauty
Bride's Hair

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

Combination pro

Bride
Bride's Makeup Bride
Bridesmaid's Hair & Make-up Bride

Bridal Party
Bri

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

desmaids' Dresses & Accessories Attendant
Flower girl's Dresses & Accessories Bride
Groomsmen's Suits & Accessories Attendant
Pageboy Suit

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

& Accessories Groom

Bride's Attire
Bride's Gown Bride's family
Bride's Headpiece & Veil

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

Bride's family
Brides Shoes & Accessories Bride's family

Ceremony
Celebrant or Officiant

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

Groom
Ceremony Decorations Groom
Ceremony Musician Groom
Ceremony Venue

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

Groom

Flowers & Decoration
Bride's Bouquet Groom
Bridesmaids' Bouquets Groom's family

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

Following aspects would a

Ceremony Flowers Groom's family
Flower girl's flowers Groom's family
Groom's Boutonniere Groom's family
Groomsmen's Boutonniere Groom's

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

family
Reception flowers & Centrepieces Bride's family

Gifts
Bridesmaids gifts Bride
Gifts for Parents Bride & Groom
Gro

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

omsmen's Gifts Groom

Groom's Attire
Groom's shoes and Accessories Groom's family
Grooms Suit Groom's family

Honeymoon & Travel

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

Spending Money Bride & Groom
Honeymoon Travel & Accommodation Groom
Wedding Night Accommodation Groom

Misc
Favours Bride

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

& Groom
Rehearsal Dinner Groom

Photography & Videography
Extra Prints & Video Copy Bride & Groom
Photographer's Fee Bride's fami

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ly
Videographer's Fee Bride's family

Reception
Beverages - Alcoholic & Softdrink Bride's family
Master of Ceremonies Bride's fami

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

ly
Reception Meals Bride's family
Reception Music Bride's family
Reception Venue Bride's family
Wedding Cake Bride's family
.

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
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Rings
Bride's Wedding Band Groom
Groom's Wedding Band Bride

Stationary
Invitations & Reply cards Bride's family
T
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
hank you notes & Placeholders Bride's family

Transport
Transportation Groom

Wedding Planning
Wedding Consultant Bride & Groom

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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