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I had the privilege to watch my son, Noah, by myself last night for a few hours since my wife, his mother, had to work late. Dad and son had a grand old time playing and crawling and destroying everything that got in our path!

My son just turned seven months old yesterd

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

ay which means he is willing to explore everything and anything. Now I will say that according to the web sites we read he is acting like he is 10 or 12 months, not seven. He is able to crawl at a very high rate of speed, pull himself up on anything that will support hi

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

Examples of combination products may in

s weight, babble on and on trying to make syllables, feed himself, and so on. Since he is so into exploring every part of the house I allowed him to more or less have free reign and tear up what ever wasn’t bolted down.

First we started in the dining room and the box of

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

toys. After about a few minutes of exploring the toy box every toy he owned was scattered all over the dining room floor. You would think that he would play with the toys he just scattered across the floor, but no, he was already crawling toward the next “play area.”

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

ext we crawled into the kitchen where he destroyed the side of the fridge that had magnets sticking to it. After about another minute or two every magnet we owned, that he could reach, was scattered all over the floor. Since the magnets aren’t any fun once they are on t

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

Combination pro

he floor he noticed the four liters of soda sitting on the floor near the fridge. Instantly he forgets the magnets and crawls over to knock down the soda bottles that were lined so neatly against the wall.

This exploration night continued back into the living room where

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

we found the coffee table. Now I don’t know what you keep on your coffee table but on our coffee table we keep out three TV remotes, books, papers, magazines, and other miscellaneous items. You would think since we have a seven month old that we would keep the table cl

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

ear, but no we don’t. Noah found the coffee table; pulled himself up and began working his way around the table to throw everything on the floor. Now you have to remember that he only stands about six to 10 inches above the table when he is standing and he cannot stand

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

p on his own yet. So when he is throwing everything to the floor he is doing it with one hand because he has to use the other one to steady himself. It is quite cute.

After the coffee table it was on to the TV stand, and then back to the dining room for his diaper bag

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

and then finally into daddy’s office. Needless to say by the time my wife came home, around 10PM, I was fairly tired but more importantly Noah was exhausted and sleeping. Daddy had successfully tired him out and put him to bed before mommy came home.

Now for those of y

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

ou who are not parents yet this is important. You see “mommy” is usually considered the one who has the “touch” to put Noah or any child to sleep. Don’t get me wrong I do put Noah to bed every other night, but on some nights it does take “mommy’s” touch to come in and f

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

Following aspects would a

inish off the job. However, on this particular night Daddy had “the touch.” My wife was quite impressed and yet sad at the same time since by the time she got home Noah was already in bed and she did not get to say good night. I would assume she thought he would still

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

e up because as you know, mommy is the only one who can truly put him to sleep right?. It was a great night for me as a father as I have finally learned the art of putting my son to sleep without having to call in the cavalry, my wife.

Now let me tie this back to findin

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

g a job. As you can see by the story above my son is very curious and explorative. He goes everywhere and anywhere to find something new to tear up. He is willing to look in new places, and crawl to new locations to find something he can put in his mouth and eventually

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

toss aside. I think you as a job seeker might be able to learn a couple of things from Noah. Are you willing to search far and wide for a job or have you pigeon-holed yourself into a few web sites, or a few contacts that you feel will eventually pay off? Finding a job

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

can be a very involved and drawn out process. You may need to spend a couple of minutes in one area, determine what you can glean from that resource and then move on. Put the business card in your follow up pile and then find another resource. Don’t get stuck in the j

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

b seekers rut by always going back to the same place for help. If you’re local networking group isn’t paying off for you, move on. Find another one. If your college career center isn’t offering much help in the way of contacts, move on. Find another career counselor.

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

When you are searching for a job you cannot get bogged down by those who aren’t really interested in helping you or those who aren’t qualified to help you. If you talk to enough people, search enough web sites, create a knock out resume, you will find a job. It may tak

.

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

e time but it will happen. Make sure you are spending your time wisely since you are unemployed and you don’t have much time to waste. The longer you stay in that job seekers rut the longer you go without a pay check, health insurance, retirement, etc.

In closing, lear

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

n from Noah; don’t waste time in places that aren’t helping you anymore. Learn what you can from the resources you have connected with but don’t allow them to slow down your job searching process which in turn slows down your timeframe for landing a job!

Happy searching

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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