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I left my mobile telephone in a taxi and went sheepishly to buy a replacement. The

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

people at the telephone company were patient as I selected a new mobile phone.

O

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

Examples of combination products may in

e week later I realized I had chosen a new model a bit too big for my liking. I tr

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

ed to sell my (almost new) phone at a steep discount to someone else, but found no

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

one eager to buy.

I called the telephone company to ask where people go to sell

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

Combination pro

heir mobile phones. The staff quickly offered to take back the (almost new) teleph

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

ne and replace it with another model. I was amazed.

I was even more amazed by the

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

service at the counter. The staff took back my (almost new) phone, batteries, cha

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

ger and carrying case at full price value. They worked with me patiently for 40 mi

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

utes evaluating other phones of smaller size. Then they calculated that they still

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

owed me $14 in the exchange. (I bought an extra battery to even things up.)

The p

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

Following aspects would a

hone company wasn’t always this way.

Then I recalled the recent arrival of a feis

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

y competitor on the scene. To stay in business, the telephone company must keep cu

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

tomers happy. That means doing things differently and better than before.

K

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

ey Learning Point
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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

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Vigorous competition may be the best thing that ever ha

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

pened to customer service. It wakes people up and makes them serve you better.

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

r> 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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Welcome your competitors. They challenge you to upgrade

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

nd improve your service. This helps you stay alert, and keeps your customers happy

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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