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Mention college to most parents, and their first thought is mostly likely how much it will cost. But a growing number of savvy real estate investors—parents or not—are thinking of

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

college as a way to make money rather than spend it because students all need a place to live. Three key demographic, sociological, and economic factors are coming together to cr

; 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 a lucrative trend for student housing investors.

“First of all, more than 80 million people will turn 18 over the next decade,” says Michael H. Zaransky, author of Profit

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

by Investing in Student Housing: Cash in on the Campus Housing Shortage (Kaplan Publishing). “Second, more young people are pursing college educations than ever before. Final

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

y, state budget deficits are causing a serious shortfall in university-owned housing. Someone is clearly going to make money from the convergence of trends—so why shouldn’t it be

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

Combination pro

ou?”

The budgets of colleges and universities across the country are stretched by the demands of funding enrollment, research, and hiring more professors. In many areas, older do

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

ms are being torn down and replaced with new classrooms, reducing the availability of campus housing. Increasingly, these schools are looking to the private market to supply off-c

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

mpus housing.

You can approach the student housing market from two primary angles: as an investor who owns property and provides the housing or by managing properties for other o

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

ners. Zaransky says the easiest and lowest-cost way to get started in the student housing business is to purchase a single-family home or condo in a college town and rent it to st

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

dents. However, keep in mind that aging housing stock may not have the amenities today’s students demand. Your chances of success are increased when your properties offer student

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

enants spacious rooms, private baths, air conditioning, storage, cable television, and high-speed internet access.

Zaransky offers these tips for investors:

The property

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

Following aspects would a

should be located near a school with a low bed-to-student ratio. Zaransky says that the national average school-owned housing capacity is 30.12 percent of the total stude

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

t population, which means almost 70 percent of college students need to find some type of off-campus living quarters.

- Think public, not private. Private univer

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

ities tend to apply greater restrictions on housing and may even require students to live on campus. Housing for public university students will usually make more economic sense.

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

Avoid schools located in large cities. Typically these schools have a significant number of part-time students and commuters who don’t need housing.

Appr

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

ach areas with a substantial amount of new construction and an abundance of property opportunities with caution. Zaransky prefers to invest in areas where property is har

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

to come by. He points out that too many owners wanting to sell at the same time could be an indication that they are having difficulty finding tenants.

Be sure your NOI

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

projections make sense. Be thorough in calculating your estimated net operating income; don’t overlook any potential source of income or expense.

“Never forget the disci

.

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

line required to walk away from a deal that’s overpriced and doesn’t provide enough cash flow to cover expenses, contingency reserves, mortgage payments, and a reasonable return o

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

the equity investment,” says Zaransky. Even with that caution, he says that the time is right for both new and seasoned investors to profit from this real estate investment niche

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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