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There was a lot news on the Bankruptcy of Consolidated Freight, which rocked the transportation industry, but what most failed to realize is that CF was founded in 1929 and this natio

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

n lost a great company.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/85350_consolidated03.shtml

One of their largest customers was The Boeing Company. With Consolidated Freights help we

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

Examples of combination products may in

were able to move logistics around the country so we could out produce and deliver our industrial might to the Germans in WWII. Despite the immense volume of logistics CF provided for

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

America they had an incredible safety record un paralleled in the industry and could even hold a candle to the Wal-Mart logistics teams. One of the best safety records in the nation;

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

http://www.cfwy.com/about/news/2002/02July22.html .

Anyone in the Transportation Industry or who reads Commercial Carrier Journal or Transport topics understands that they too were

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

Combination pro

leading edge on many issues, like B2B, Same day, expedited services and routing plans including trains, planes, ships and trucking and god only knows what else in the future had they

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

still been in business? Leading the industry in high technology for logistics as well.

In business since 1929, 15,500 laid off effective immediately after their bankruptcy, a Delawa

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

re Corp. with HQ in Vancouver WA, which as of this year is the highest unemployment in the country. Think about it a company formed in 1929 after the depression made it through the w

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

ar only to be caught up in this latest cycle of terror, high fuel prices and sluggish recession, this was a bad day for all of America. It is the heart of this country. But such a lar

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

ge company like CF has its tentacles in all sorts of other vendor operations, for instance they were the Third largest buyer of Freightliner Trucks in the World. JB Hunt recently pass

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

ed them with a 1 billion dollar purchase in 1999.

http://www.freightliner.com/corporate/history.asp

The two companies have a long history. Consolidated Freightways Manufacturing Div

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

Following aspects would a

ision eventually became Freightliner. This folks is the backbone of America. Freightliner eventually sold out to Daimler Chrysler. This is very serious as the region got hammered by s

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

teel, to make trucks, lumber and timber industries buying trucks, then the trucking lay offs in manufacturing sector, along with buy back leases all killing the prospects of getting o

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

ut of dodge under German short term gain lookers pledged against America heart and sole and fiber. The massive consolidation of trucking manufacturers, dealers and the like were hurt.

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

Also Pac Car Leasing was hurt with holdings connected to CF, more used trucks for sale again just a used truck prices were starting to rebound. Pac Car bought into Rush Peterbuilt wh

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

o was also consolidating sales offices and now a new glut of 18,000 used trucks on the market. This is not all, which plagued the CF Companies. High Fuel Costs in summer of 2001 hurt

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

Consolidated Freight and in August 1, 2001 they had to raise prices, meanwhile competitors such as Fed Ex Ground waited until way after 9-11. UPS followed and so did JB HUNT, Swift, C

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

ovenant and Schneider. Many independents went out of business. In 2000 CF Consolidated Freightways with $2.2 billion in annual revenues, consolidated was going strong. The Company’s 1

.

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

8,000 skilled professionals specialize in freight transportation. Raised prices again in May 2002.

http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2002/05/27/daily19.html .

They ne

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

arly made it out of the recession whole, now it is all over for the great men and women who mad up the CF Team. America will miss you and the Trucking Industry will never be the same.

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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