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Many of us work in industries where we interact with customers/the public on

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

a regular basis. Though the kinds of jobs that fit under this description are

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

Examples of combination products may in

very varied indeed, they are all the same in one important respect:

Ultimat

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

ly, they are service jobs.

Now, if you have a pulse (and have had one consis

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

tently for at least a couple of decades) I probably don't have to work very h

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

Combination pro

rd to convince you that there are many people in service positions that haven

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

't got the foggiest idea what good service is (or at least don't seem to thin

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

it's terribly important).

And I think that is very sad indeed.

I understan

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

d that some people (especially the young) may be in jobs that they dislike. B

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

t that's no excuse to shortchange the customer on good, polite service.

It s

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

hould be realized and remembered that:

1) Your actions or inactions in this

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

Following aspects would a

position reflect directly on your employer. They gave you a job. They are pay

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ng you. And for this reason, for as long as you are working for them, they de

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

serve to be represented well.

2) Your actions reflect directly on you, and d

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

termine who you are and how you develop. Don't shortchange yourself. Be the b

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

est you can be. Respect yourself.

3) The people you are dealing with are...p

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ople. And that's the only qualification they need to earn your respect and co

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

urtesy.

If you are in a job that truly makes you unhappy, you NEED to find a

.

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

way to get out of it as soon as you can. But as long as you are there, and wh

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

en you leave, serve others and yourself well.

Good luck in everything you do

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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