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Over 2,000 years ago the Roman philosopher and statesman, Cicero, wrote down what he considered the six mistakes of mankind. I think he must have meant the six main mistakes of man, bec

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

ause I'll bet we could all come up with more than six, but those six that Cicero wrote down are so very true . . . unfortunately.

THE SIX MISTAKES OF MAN:

1. The delusion that persona

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

Examples of combination products may in

l gain is made by crushing others.
2. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
3. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accompl

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

sh it.
4. Refusing to set aside trivial preference.
5. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and study.
6. Attempting

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

to compel others to believe and live as we do.

Let's take a look at the six mistakes through the eyes of a trainer.

The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others.<

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

Combination pro

r> In almost all of our business endeavors the more we operate as a team, the more we can accomplish. We gain more personally from raising others up rather than putting them down. Crus

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

hing others means reducing their enthusiasm, their confidence, and their overall ability to contribute. Raising them up increases their worth . . . and ours.

The tendency to worry a

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

bout things that cannot be changed or corrected.
Stress is the by-product of worry. There are many things we should be concerned about, but darn few we should worry about. Whil

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

we work on a proposal we should consider it from all angles. We should plan, and practice the presentation, prepare our materials and ask questions about its viability. After the propo

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

sal has been made, however, there is nothing we can do. Nothing can change the outcome. Worry is useless and fruitless. Let it go.

Insisting that a thing is impossible because we

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

annot accomplish it.
Time changes everthing. Who knows what we might find out next week . . . tomorrow . . . or when we turn the next corner. The impossibles of yesterday are c

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

Following aspects would a

ommonplace today. We should never look at anything as impossible.

Refusing to set aside trivial preference.
Often we fool ourselves into thinking that the way that we do th

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ings is the right way and what it usually comes down to is simply preference. And sometimes that preference is really trivial. The way we put our shoes and socks on, the way the install

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

a roll of toilet paper, the way we hire a new employee. There's nothing wrong with preferences, but we should study our choices and make sure there is nothing trivial about our decision

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

s.

Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and study.
I like avid readers. Those are people will read the contents printed

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

on the ketchup bottle at a restaurant. There are always new ideas and new solutions to old problems, but they can be missed unless we are constantly looking . . . reading . . . and stud

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ying. Personally, I like to read three or four newspapers every day. I even like to read old news magazines in doctor waiting rooms. Reading is brainstorming. Even a comic book can brin

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

g enlightenment.

Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.
As our workforce and consumer base becomes more diverse, there are those who would deny that dive

.

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

sity. We can't make everyone believe and live as we do and even if we could, wouldn't that be boring? Diversity brings us more ideas and more experiences. We should celebrate the differ

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ences, not try to obliterate them.

We are all guilty of making the six mistakes of mankind at some time or other. We just need to learn from our mistakes every two thousand years or so

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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