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Some astute penny stock investors look on the front page of the daily newspaper to see what kinds of stocks they should be investigating in. Marketing and speculation are after all one

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

of the engines that help propel the markets on a daily basis.

Still, there are other penny stock investors who glance at the calendar; taking note of upcoming holidays. Some stocks ope

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

Examples of combination products may in

ate more cyclically than others. Meaning, there are some penny stocks that perform better at different times of the year.

Holidays can also help you look for companies you may not enco

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

unter on a regular basis.

For example, this past Wednesday was Valentine's Day. While your immortal beloved may forgive you for neglecting Robby Burns Day or even St. Patrick’s Day…Val

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

ntine's Day is (probably) a different matter altogether.

Even if you don’t have (or want) someone to spend Valentine's Day with, it’s a marketing bonanza that should make most investor

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

Combination pro

wake up and smell the roses. And maybe uncover neglected penny stocks that are directly impacted by the holiday.

Valentine's Day remains the nation's third-biggest occasion for spendi

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

ng, behind only Christmas and the back-to-school season, according to the National Retail Federation.

This year, the average consumer spent $119.67 on Valentine's Day, up from $100.89

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

ast year. With six of every 10 consumers celebrating the holiday, their total outlay on Valentine's Day is expected to reach $16.9 billion.

Greeting card sales have increased over the

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

ast decade, which means that Valentine's Day--already America's second-largest holiday for greeting cards, trailing only Christmas--should be a real boom.

The U.S. Greeting Cards Assoc

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

iation estimates that Americans sent out 190 million paper cards this past Valentine's Day. That number doesn't even include those given out by children at school.

If investing in card

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

leaves you cold, you could look into flowers. According to the California Cut Flower Commission some 189 million rose stems were sold this past Valentine’s Day. In fact, Valentine's Da

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

Following aspects would a

is the number one floral market holiday, capturing 35% of holiday transactions and 34% of dollar volume.

Here’s another reason why penny stock investors should check the calendar. The

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

day of the week a holiday falls traditionally determines the amount of business shops will enjoy.

If it falls on Friday and Saturday, people tend to go out to eat more, rather than bu

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

chocolates. Falling on Wednesday this year -- smack in the middle of the week -- Valentine's Day 2007 should prove delightful for chocolate emporiums.

In February, jewelry stores in t

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

e United States will sell over $2.5 billion worth of merchandise. According to the Chocolate Manufacturers' Association, more than 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate were sold b

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

y Valentine's Day.

The point of all these statistics is to illustrate just how lucrative the holidays can be. While a couple of greeting card companies may have a strong-hold on the No

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

th American market, there are other publicly traded small-cap card companies out there.

A strong holiday season may only be seen as a blip to mid or large-cap stocks, but one strong qu

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

rter can significantly boost the bottom line of a penny stock.

Look close enough and you’ll find that there are a number of specialty retail penny stocks waiting to be discovered; comp

.

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

anies that sell flowers, cards, party favors, perfume, and jewelry.

And if you happened to have forgotten Valentine’s Day this year, just say that you like to celebrate that special da

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

in the Japanese tradition. In Japan, men are not expected to give chocolates or cards on Valentine's Day, and in fact do not. Valentine's Day is a day where women give chocolate to men

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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