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Main Subject - When the Cold Wind Blows
Seasons change and the weather goes along for the ride.
Sometimes the heat is so oppressive you can literally fry 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
an egg on your driveway. At other times, there is not
enough warm blankets and quilts to keep the chill out.
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in This is all a natural process, but the cold wind can blow
in many ways, in your life and in mine. People talk abo lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. t a "cold shoulder" or a "cold heart"
and everyone seems to know what this means. What
if a cold wind blows thr here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe ough your life at any given point
and you may or may not be expecting it, or even be
prepared for it? What does d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro a person do to fend off the
ill effects of such a cold spell? Whether in private life or in corporate life, the 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 old wind
will blow and it will rustle up some emotions, not to
mention paperwork and even ideas and concepts. I 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 f
you look at such a squall as a "natural" part of the seasons
of everyday life, then you don't need to be prepa nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically red or
even lay in a supply of warm snuggly underwear. What
you do need is to open your mind and spirit and let 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 the
wind do what it will and you stand tall and hold your
ground. If it strikes at your heartstrings, then this ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi should
bring you to examine the circumstances and maybe, just
maybe, the illusion you were under was starting t ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a o unravel
and you would have really been destroyed later on down the
road. If it strikes a worthwhile project y dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod u had conceived
that would have meant a promotion or at least a pat on the
back, the papers strewn about just ma cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin y reveal a flaw in your
fine plan and it may be able to be remedied and be better
than it was orginally. The po tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen int is that even the cold winds of life should not
cause the roof to cave in. What it should do is shake you
up 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 a bit so that steps can be restructured, facts re-examined,
and relationships given a once over. In the long run, ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust the
sun will come out and the heat of the moment will take
your breath away. You won't even remember the cold y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
icy fingers that caused a commotion way back - when
was that? Just hang on tight, button up your defenses,
an . 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 stand tall. You will survive, and the learning
experience is worth the single digit temperatures for the
oppor elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip tunities it opens and the blast of "new" that was
just what was needed.
ENJOY! ©Arleen M. Kaptur January, 200 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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