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Walking into a networking function is not the easiest thing to do, especially when everyone seems to be solidly engaged in conversation to a long lost friend. How can you de

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

termine which groups will welcome your presence and which ones will act like you are a carrier of the newest strain of the worst case of influenza?

Really, everyone is alrea

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

Examples of combination products may in

y shouting if they want to be interrupted. You can tell by looking at the body language displayed or actually by the way the conversation groups are formed. Of course, befo

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

e we address that, you can first act like the host of the event (even if you're not) and search out the other singletons looking like they want to leave as quickly as possibl

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

. Approaching them, introducing yourself and then asking questions about them will make you a hero in their eyes. You don't have to spend the whole time with them, just eno

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

Combination pro

gh to figure out who else they need to meet. Let's leave this new friend for just a moment, but we'll come back.

Group body language is the secret language that is very eas

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

to translate. Pretend you are a bird sitting on an imaginary wire that spans the room where the event is being held. You can see many groups of people mingling, two people

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

, threesomes and even foursomes. When looking down from above if two individuals are chatting and the line of their shoulders is parallel and they are directly facing one an

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

ther, it will be difficult to enter the conversation. Conversely, again from above, if the shoulder line is closer at one shoulder and wider at the other (sort of v-shaped)

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

he two are open to a third person joining them. You could join them where their shoulders are wider apart.

Threesomes are just as easy to read. If from above the three pe

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

ple form an equal-sided triangle, they don’t have room for you. Trying to butt in will make you and those three uncomfortable. But again, there are some groups of three tha

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

Following aspects would a

would welcome your input. They may form a triangle, but the base of the shape will be very, very wide. The central person will have one person angling out from him on each

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

side at about a 20 degree angle. The space between those two outside networkers is where the welcome mat is displayed and where you can easily enter the conversation.

Fours

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

mes could be a little bit more difficult to read, but the basic premise is the same. Those ready to welcome a fifth person in their midst, are just like the threesome, only

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

there are two people on one side of the central conversationalist and just one on the other side. Typically when four people are in conversation, they will be more likely to

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

be in a closed stance, that of a square. That formation is not one to easily approach.

Okay, now let's go back to that person you took under your wing. Because of your int

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

rest, you know this person should meet someone else who is attending this very same event. Guess what. It is now easier for you to interrupt closed conversations because yo

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

have a mission. Because your goal is now about someone else, the group seems to be less glued together. You are bringing new information to the group, instead of just want

.

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

ng to break in for your own sake.

At the next event where you feel like an outsider, begin reading the signals and soon you’ll have a networking breakthrough. Before you kn

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

w it you’ll be one of a group. The next step is to remember what you've learned in order to be included. Keep your conversation groups shaped to encourage other’s inclusion

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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