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"I don’t care what the project is, I'm not committing to anything until the budget is worked out!" We've all heard that one. Or how about, "I know what the boss said but

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

when it comes time to account for sales it is going to be me, not you, I'm not doing it!" Ever heard a tirade like that before? Both of those attitudes and the many that

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

Examples of combination products may in

o with them will kill your project.

Leadership is a lost art in today’s world. It’s tough to hold any one accountable. My goodness we have to go back to ancient times to

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

find our way out of the fog of irresponsibility running wild today. So what can we do? We can lead the Three Musketeers way. We can lead with a mindset that says, “All f

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

r one and one for all!”

One of the problems is that we live in a free agent world. We live in the age of the individual and that extends to their leadership. It’s cool t

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

Combination pro

be the Lone Ranger but not if that’s not your job. We need balance and accountability. We need the Three Musketeers. They had honor and went about restoring the old code

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

… the one that worked.

What does that mean? I learned what it means first hand as a Marine sniper in Vietnam. We worked in teams of two to five snipers. When you are al

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

ne and thirty miles from anybody 'nice' you better have somebody next to you that isn’t going to say, "It’s not my job." You'd better be 'all for one'. And it didn’t stop

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

there. We needed support from artillery, from Marine air, from Marine grunts if we got into trouble - you lived or died by an 'all for one' philosophy.

On the other hand

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

what does it mean to be 'one for all'? It means me; the individual Marine wasn’t bigger than the mission. We all existed to support the bigger effort. It was simple - al

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

for one and one for all. That's what builds teams, not some offsite walking on fire like Burger King did when they sent half of their marketing department to the emergen

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

Following aspects would a

y room.

It sounds corny but it is the simplest way to understand what it means to be part of a real team. A real teammate doesn’t say "It ain't happening in my departmen

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

t". They see the bigger whole. And real leaders will not let their direct reports get away with that kind of behavior. When leading change you can't blow an uncertain tru

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

pet, you have to let people clearly know the objective and then leaders need to support achieving it. And God forbid, you have to hold people accountable at each step of

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

he way.

It isn’t about the old adage of “I’m in sales and WE make the world go around”. More sales people use that excuse to not be held accountable for anything outside

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

of their bottom line number than you can count. Of course it takes a sale to make something happen. We get it! But it also takes a customer service agent, a delivery, so

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ebody to make it and you get the picture, a team. And if you want to be a great team you’ll be a Three Musketeer.

You as the change leader must take charge. You must set

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

the standard with the driver, the sponsor of the change, when you take the job as the change leader. Once there is alignment at that level you cannot waver. You're entire

.

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

leadership must be 'all for one and one for all'.

When Gandhi led the Indian people out of British bondage he was a living example of the change he was driving. He was

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

he message. He lived the often repeated, "You must become the change you wish to see in the world." You must do that too and you will succeed at leading change.

Ed Kugle

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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