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Do you recognize this. You arrive at the store for a new mobile phone and just the model yo

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

u had targeted is not available... It is a simple example, but stock delivery could make al

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

Examples of combination products may in

the difference in you business.

There are two main options in managing your supplies and

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

uppliers. One in the client-supplier relationship and the other in a partnership.

The adva

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

tage of the client-supplier relationship is that you are most flexible. You should take thi

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

Combination pro

construction if you are just starting with a new purchase process. Another advantage is t

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

he cost of this construction. You choose the supplier with the best cost-quality-ratio.

An

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

ther situation in which the client-supplier relation is often preferred is for a product or

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

ented business. Products characteristics are easy to compare and this facilitates the supp

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

ier selection.

This is where partnerships are more profitable; for service oriented compan

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

es that are dependent on the input (service and or product) of third parties. To deliver a

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

Following aspects would a

service you need much more commitment and knowledge in order to minimize the interface prob

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ems between both companies. Partnerships are less flexible because their return is measure

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

on a longer-term bases. Again for developing services you need a constant interaction in w

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

ich knowledge is exchanged. Changing to a new partner (supplier) when you have invested in

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

nowledge exchange will lead to increased costs.

In the example of the mobile phones you co

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

uld choose either way, but a good fit would be the following. A partnership for the deliver

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

part of the purchase process (where the phones get distributed to the various stores) and

.

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

client-supplier relation for each of the parties that offer the phones. So you make sure t

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

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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