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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

etworks being those special people that we know we can call on when we need advice or input on an i

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

Examples of combination products may in

ea that we might have.

For the purpose of this message I'll assume that you're already sold on the

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

value of having people in place to fill this need in your life. Now the question remains where in

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

he world can I look for such people? The answer to that my friend is not always an easy one, but he

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

Combination pro

re's a source that I've used in the past successfully yet often goes untapped. SCORE is the Service

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

Corp Of Retired Executives.

These folks are a resource partner for the U.S. Small Business Adminis

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

tration. The best part is that they have local offices in just about any area you can imagine. I've

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

used the organization in the past and can honestly say they make a great addition to just about any

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

one's personal network.

In essence we get the chance to learn from those who have gone before us.

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

est of all these are folks who have walked the walk. I never have really understood why the resourc

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

Following aspects would a

isn't fully taken advantage of except that perhaps many aren't aware of it. Well consider yourself

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

in the know. Have a look at their site at http://www.score.org .

Another source can be found in t

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

e many online bulletin or message boards (my own site being one). Depending on what topic you're lo

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

oking for you'll surely find a good community of folks you can get plugged into. I personally take

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

art in several online communities and have found it to be an excellent way to share and learn from

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

each others experiences.

As with any thing, take what you can from it, but from there make your ow

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

final decision. Any healthy mentoring scenario is one in which the persona being mentored is a act

.

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

ive part in the process. People will offer their personal experiences which can indeed be valuable,

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

but in the end we have to be able to adopt what works for us.

-- Here's to your success, Josh Hind

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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