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Here are a couple of comments I got recently:

"[How do I] bring a conversation in a social

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

situation around to a discussion of the service I offer?"

"I don't know what t

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

Examples of combination products may in

o say. I want to meet people, but am often at a loss to get the conversation started or keep it going."<

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

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So how do you start a conversation that's useful to you and the other person? Or re-direct

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

a meandering one? How do you talk about your business in a social situation?

You really only n

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

Combination pro

eed 2 things:

Know what would be useful for you.

In other words, what would make a

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

conversation worthwhile? What's of interest to you?

Listen for opportunities and "openings" in

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

your conversation, to take it in the direction you want.

Of course, the topic can vary fr

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

om day to day, from context to context, and from person to person. But if you have a sense of what you w

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

ant to get out any given conversation, or what would make one interesting, you can direct or re-direct i

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

s flow.

For example, if you're talking someone who mentions that she suffers from hay fever, and you se

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

Following aspects would a

ll air purification systems, that's an opportunity.

A conversation about the product you sell, with som

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

eone who may benefit from it, could certainly be a worthwhile conversation for both of you.

When you a

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

sk this person whether she has looked into air purification systems, and she says "No, what's that?" or

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

"Yes, but I'm not interested" or "I tried one and it didn't work" -- these are all "openings" for you.

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

You can use any of these responses to take the conversation in the direction of your pr

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

oduct offering -- although the path to it would be different.

In other words, in one case you might men

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

tion your product right away, in another case you might find out more about her experience with such sys

.

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

tems and why she's averse to using them, and so on.

Are you surprised at the simplicity?
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
g> Sorry if you expected to be "dazzled", but sometimes "simple" is most effective!

Try it out yourself

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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