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There are numerous associations dedicated to the employment and support of Secret Shoppers or Mystery Shopp

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

ers. These associations provide resources and assistance to people who want to enter or are already a part

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

Examples of combination products may in

of the industry, and provide services to thousands of business setups and clients. Most of the big ones lik

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

MSPA (Mystery Shopper Providers Association) have extended their membership worldwide and are growing bigg

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

er everyday.

The MSPA (www.mysteryshop.org) is one of the biggest professional trade associations and sour

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

Combination pro

es that involve the recruitment of Secret Shoppers. It has more than 150 member companies around the world,

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

which includes marketing research and merchandising companies, private investigation firms, training organ

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

izations and companies that specialize in providing mystery shopping services.

The National Shopping Servi

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

e (www.nationalshoppingservice.com) has been an association of Mystery Shopping Providers since 1972. It is

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

also the provider of a set of audit, feedback and inspection services, market research and analytics. NSS

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

as employed more than 200,000 Secret Shoppers Worldwide.

The IMSA or International Mystery Shopper Associa

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

Following aspects would a

tion (www.imsa.org) aims to extend its Secret Shopping activities worldwide, both for local and internation

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

al projects. The IMSA is the largest network of individually recruited and trained Secret Shoppers, and has

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

over 500,000 shoppers making 1,000,000 visits a year.

Beginning in the 1980s, Bare Associates Internationa

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

l (www.baiservices.com) has now more than 112,000 certified Secret Shoppers worldwide. BAI has its internat

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

onal office in Antwerp, Belgium. It has over 4500 financial, hotel, retail, health & fitness, golf cour

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

se, residential, automotive and restaurant clients around the world. The corporate office of BAI is located

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

at Fairfax, VA.

These are some of the largest Secret Shopper Associations with membership of more than 10

.

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

companies. Other big associations include National Center for Professional Mystery Shoppers and Merchandis

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ers, QualityWorks Associates, Pinkerton Field Research Services, National Shopping Service Network, LLC etc

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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The overall number of physicians now seeking overseas opportunities has been on the rise, and there are many countries that always have an increasing demand for medical personnel. The reasons for physicians looking for jobs in foreign countries could be many, but primarily they are the ones looking for the opportunity to practice medicine in a culture outside of their own so that they can gain additional and unique experiences. Those who seek opportunities outside the country are mainly driven by an inner need to take on fresh challenges and are not basically afraid of exposing themselves and their family members to alien surroundings. Of course, it stands to reason that pay packages are another motivation for many physicians to go abroad.

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