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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

today’s society, personal and group ethics shape the value formation in organizations. Ethics and organizational culture can impact the success of an organization in the following ways:

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

Examples of combination products may in

(a) group cultures influence ethical behavior more than the sum of their individual ethics, (b) ethic reasoning is a logical sequence where policies come last, making policies the resul

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

of ethical reasoning, not a substitute for it, and (c) ethics and culture gaps can only be reduced by preventing their root causes at the beginning of the process. Ethics in organizati

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

ns are influenced more by the group ethics system (culture) than by the sum of the individual personal ethics systems.

Ethic plays a critical role in leadership. Ethics is defined as t

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

Combination pro

e code of moral principles that governs the behavior of a person/group to what is right. People will not respect a leader low in integrity. A leader can’t trick them with promotions or

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

ribe them with money. In the long run, character does count in an effective organization. Draft, an organization management expert, explains that leaders at the highest management level

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

s develop internal moral standards that can often allow them to break laws if necessary.

A leader’s unethical conduct brings about his own demise and shame of his organization. Therefo

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

e, it can be shown that effective leaders must have accountability mechanisms in place so that they won’t hit any ethical mine fields. Can you imagine what happens in an organization wi

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

hout accountability?

Each individual brings their own personal beliefs into the workplace. Leaders are not the exception. An individuals family background, traditions, spiritual values

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

and experiences impact how the make moral decisions. At the medium development point, individuals learn to conform to the expectations of moral behavior defined by their peers and soci

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

Following aspects would a

ty. Most leaders at this junction are willing to following laws and society expectations.

However, the highest levels of value formation are individuals who develop their own internal

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

et of standards. Therefore, these individuals develop their own ethical principles that become more important in their decision-making than any external expectations. This high arching

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

rinciple allows them to make unethical decisions, such as break laws or compromise organizational values, because it allows them to sustain their moral principles internally. Obviously,

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

values will continue to play a critical role in organizational development in the future.

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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

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

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Harris, J. (April 12, 2005). In recent scandals, a rethinking of capital’s conventional wisdom. Washington Post.

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

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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

S. (2006). The Moral Manager. Public Integrity. 8(2), pp.113-133. Lester, W. (2005). Associated Press. Congress gets low ratings on ethics, honesty.

Nelson, M. (1994). Why Americans

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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