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Marbro Lamp Company was founded by Morris Markoff and his brother, hence the name Marbro from Markoff brothers. They started the company shortly after WWII. The company was located in a 3 story brick

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

building in the garment district of Los Angeles, just south of downtown right by the Santa Monica Freeway. During the time they ran the company, they sold almost as many antiques as they did lamps.

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

Examples of combination products may in

ey also had a sizable business in decorative accessories such as tables, and a lot of animal figurines. There were quite a few dog figurines that were life size. One dog figurine was a life size Great

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

Dane purchased by the actor Jack Webb (Dragnet). There were quite a few celebrities that came in to their shop. One actress who shopped there repeatedly was Deborah Shelton who at the time played the

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

art of “Mandy” on Dallas (remember J.R.).

Marbro sold their products mainly through interior designers and a few upscale furniture stores. You would not find a Marbro product in a chain furniture sto

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

Combination pro

re or discount store. Most of the products were built to order, and a typical order from a designer or retailer took between 75 and 90 days to complete.

Most of the components that made up the lamp b

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

dies (ceramic, brass etc) were purchased from small companies around the world (see porcelain figure from Italy at top of page). In the later years almost all of the brass came from India. For the mos

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

part, none of the bodies were made on site. Marbro was well-known for importing a variety of unique lighting from all over the world. Italy was the source for alabaster, Japan and China for Porcelain

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

Brass in India and Crystal from Germany and France. Lamps would also be made from sculptures that customers brought in to the shop.

Once the lamp bodies arrived, a group of Marbro employees would ma

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

ke the wood bases, spin the metal caps, make the shades, and do the painting and tinting. With the help of about 20-40 other true world class artisans, metal workers, finishers and hand made shade mak

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

rs, they produced lamps and shades that are some of last of their kind of art. For example, Marbro brass was never just plain brass. It was stained with a tinting that was homemade and kept secret by

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

Following aspects would a

he company (reminiscent of Handel Lamp Co.). There were quite a few of these preparations all kept in one of those little metal boxes on a 3x5” file card just like a recipe. It was truly unique.

Many

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

of the lamp bodies that were bought were not exactly matched as pairs. Sometimes 10-20 crystal vases would have to be sorted through to get 2 of the exact same height so that if the lamps were purchas

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

ed as a pair, they would match. All of the shades were made by hand by a group of women on the second floor of the building with very little automation.

The lamps were considered high style fine lamp

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

for the times and presently. Brass and porcelain lamps would wholesale for a$300 - $3,000 while crystal and bronze lamps were $2,000 - $4,000.

The manufacturing plant was closed in Los Angeles in De

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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

ember 1990 and the inventory and equipment were moved to LaBarge Mirrors in Holland, MI. At the time LaBarge Mirrors was a Masco Corp subsidiary. Some time later, the Marbro product line was discontin

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ed. Eventually, Masco sold most of their home furnishings manufacturing holdings.

Marbo assembled a very talented, experienced and most unique group of artists and craftsmen and many of their fine la

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

mps exhibit a certain distinctive style. Most of the employees were in their 50’s and older. There were quite a few employees in their late 60’s and 70’s. Today their lamps are very collectible and so

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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

ght after especially by knowledgeable collectors who are familiar with the company's lamps and history.

It is obvious from the company's careful selection of art objects and their unique proprietary

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ethods of lamp making that their goal was to design beautiful unique and very high quality lamps. Their success is obvious from the very fine collectible Marbro lamps that are still sought after today

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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