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I flew to Fiji from Singapore via Australia, requesting vegetarian meals throughout. But

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

not a single vegetarian dish was provided.

What’s unusual is that I checked and rechec

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

Examples of combination products may in

ked every step of the way: by telephone before departure, at check-in in Singapore, at t

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

he First Class Lounge in Sydney, aboard the airplane to Fiji, with airline staff on 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

ground in Fiji, during check-in at the Fiji airport, and once again in the Lounge in Syd

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

Combination pro

ey on the way home.

Every step of the way my special meals were ‘confirmed’. I even rec

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

eived boarding passes issued from the airlines with ‘VGML’ (for ‘vegetarian meal’) print

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

ed in bold.

The strangest experience was the last. As I boarded for the flight from Syd

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

ney back to Singapore, I asked the steward about my special meal. He confirmed before ta

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-off, ‘Yes, Mr. Kaufman. Vegetarian. It’s in the record.’

But during the meal service

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

hours later he came back and said, ‘We thought we had the meal on board, but it is not h

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

Following aspects would a

ere. Would you mind the chicken or fish?’ (I ate the fruit.)

This whole experience was

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

more entertaining than upsetting, but it certainly got me thinking. The travel agent, te

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

lephone reservations staff, check-in agent and cabin crew are not ‘responsible’ for cate

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

ring on the aircraft. But they do rely upon their partners to deliver.

Key Learni

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

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

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When a customer assesses your business, you are only as good as your w

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

eakest link.

Action Steps
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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

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Which is the weakest service link in your org

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

anization? You may think it's not in your department, hence not your problem. Think agai

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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