It can be a major source of frustration trying to keep up with all of the business-related information, newsletters, updates, offers and so on that land in your email box. And although there may be no perfec

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

t way to ensure that you can read everything you want to and need to in order to stay current, while at the same time preserving enough time to do the work you need to do to keep your business functioning.,

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

Examples of combination products may in

I have found a method that cuts down on the worst of the time wasters and streamlines the remaining reading.

1. Weed it out -

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

NG> Anytime I find that I am not getting full value for my time from a newsletter, ezine or other informational email source, even though I may be getting some good stuff, out it goes. Chances are that I am

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

either getting or can get the same info through another, more ROI-positive source.


2. Save it for a specific time - d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

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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 waste hours a day stopping to read business-related newsletters and ezines as they came in or as I ran across them. Now, I put aside one day to read it all. This day is set aside solely for

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

reading informational business mail (not client mail) and for a few other business activities that need focused attention. I don't schedule other business on this day, unless it is unavoidable. This way, I c

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

an get caught up and handle all necessary responses without feeling like I'm neglecting my "real" work.


3. Scan, cram and scram - This is the biggie for saving time. Learn to read for ove

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

rall content and not for word-by-word absorption. This isn't deathless prose, folks, so there's no need to suck it in like some unearthed lost volume of Hemingway. Scan any headings or sub-titles, ignoring c

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

ompletely what you don't need to know, and then scan-read the content of what you do need quickly to get the gist of the message. Only spend time on intense focused reading if the concept/content is difficul

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

Following aspects would a

t (yet vital) or supremely interesting and important. (If it's just interesting, but not important, you can always read it some other time when you have a few minutes free.) Once you've gotten what you need,

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

save only the emails that you absolutely need for reference in an email folder and delete all the rest.


A secondary aspect of this step is to copy, paste and save content that you know you will need even

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

tually, just not right now, instead of giving it immediate attention. Such information includes things like a link/resource list for later reference or a great idea that you know you'll need next month when

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

ou begin that new marketing campaign - or just general interest stuff that doesn't need immediate action but would be helpful, useful or just plain enjoyable to read at some point. Paste this copy into a Wor

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

d document (don't forget to leave the attribution and copyright info in case you ever need to cite the work for any reason, or want to see more stuff by the same author) and put it into the appropriate folde

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

r on your hard drive. I have several folders in my business files for things such as marketing, client-related info, industry-related info, and so on. Every so often, on a slow day or when I have to wait aro

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

und in the office for some reason, I go through them to read what's there and weed out what I no longer need.

Using this 3-step process, I find that I can whip through the average newsletter