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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

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Just last week, as I was taking care of a patient of mine, a doctor asked, "Kim, how did you decide to become a nurse?" That question caused me

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

Examples of combination products may in

to reflect over nearly 25 years, and it still causes me to wonder sometimes. You see, I was not one of those little girls that wished to be a nurse, al

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

hough I really liked the head nurse on Emergency. I told her, "You know, I think nursing chose me."

I went on to explain that I had changed my career

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

ath my freshman year of college. I was taking courses that I found to be interesting, along with the 'basics'. After a year of not committing to a degr

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

Combination pro

e plan, my dad put his foot down and he strongly encouraged me to find some direction.

I remember thumbing through the college catalog and finding the

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

degree plan for nursing. I was surprised to see that I had taken nearly every prerequisite course except for anatomy and physiology. I applied to the p

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

rogram, was accepted and the rest is history.

Being a nurse has real advantages. Continuing education is an integral part of most professions. Nursing

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

is no exception. This knowledge actually saved the life of one of my children!

Patrick was almost 4 years old. He was enjoying a piece of Halloween ca

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

dy. My husband was watching him, and he called me in when he saw that Patrick was choking. I gave those 5 abdominal thrusts as if I did it every day of

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

my life, when in fact I had only performed it on a few mannequins over the years. That piece of candy shot out, just like in the videos that they would

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

Following aspects would a

make us watch. Never again do I groan when the lights go down and we have to watch that same training video.

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Another advantage to this profess

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

on is the uniform. What other profession allows you to wear clothes that are as comfortable as pajamas! And they are so much more colorful than that st

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

rched white from years ago. I had to wear a nursing cap with the white uniform and the white hose and shoes when I was in nursing school. Now you can t

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

ell what Holiday is around the corner based on the attire of the nursing staff.

Another change for the better is that more men are entering the profes

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

ion. I think that it has bettered the salaries. For fear of making sexist or offensive remarks, I will leave it at that.

Continuing in my footsteps.

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

oday, my oldest child is attending a nursing program. She will be a nurse in less than a year. I have no doubt that she will be an excellent asset to t

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

e profession. She did not decide to do this as a career until she was in college for a year.

Choosing nursing as a career

If you like working with pe

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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

ple and helping them during some of the most important times of their lives, then I have no doubt you would thrive in your career as a nurse.

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

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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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Lots of businesses are turning to live phone answering services to answer calls when no one is in the office. The popularity is felt to be due to the fact that people are more likely to stay on the line and leave a message if they are dealing with a real person on the other end. And, it's not costing company's a whole lit of money because these answering services are being outsourced to countries like India where lower wages are paid, so companies save a good deal of money.

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I was asked what profession I thought a colleague's teenager should begin preparing for in order to be successful. My friend was looking for a technology or two in information management. However, I found myself going off in a variety of directions, even though I am not so afflicted as to have teenagers yet.

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