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Have you ever heard people say that to you. Well this article gives you something to think about.

You are t

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

he smallest company in the economy. So tell me what is your business?

When we are still at school there are

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

Examples of combination products may in

little worries. We learn and we observe others, but then, at one moment we are to choose. This can be versat

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

ile; there are so many jobs and careers to choose from that it may dazzle you when you are leaving the schoo

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

door.

Take your time, but do not forget that if you do not choose others will choose for you. You can acce

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

Combination pro

t that job that is not ideal and think “who cares, I’m still young.” But even when you are part of an organi

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

zation or establishing your own business, in fact there is very little difference. If you are a born entrepr

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

neur with a business instinct you will follow automatically that path that is on your mind. If you are emplo

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

ed in a company you are still -- your own business. It is what you make of it and how you do it.

The produc

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

tivity matrix (search the web) might help you in finding out your "business". If people tell you “to mind yo

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

r own business” you might fit in the exchange role. This is a specific quadrant where exchanging (ideas, pro

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

Following aspects would a

ucts, money, etc) is the main focus. You are sort of a merchant, always in for a deal. The difference betwee

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

n this role and the sales role (an other quadrant in the productivity matrix) is that sales is dedicated to

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

specific idea, product, service, etc. The merchant is never too much involved in the product as long as it

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

s tradable, it is fine.

The real producers amongst us – the third role – are too occupied to be involved 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

building or designing a product. Whether there will be a market for this product, or how it should be sold

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

s a question that is not relevant for the time being. The producer is literally creative. At last there is t

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

e supporter, someone who is satisfied with serving others. They may be also preoccupied with (immaterial) ma

.

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

tters that are beyond the normal economic horizon.

Your business is never only one of these four. But the m

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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