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Habits and customs are activities that take place in a ritualized way. Because of their ceremonial characte

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

r they are easily recognizable. And they serve for something; the main goal of an official ritual is to co

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

Examples of combination products may in

trol the emotion with which the activity is involved.

The rituals that we recognize most are those in whic

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

our own (family) life is involved – birthdays, graduations, marriage, even a new job could be categorized

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

s such; it is an event in which you can celebrate. And we all celebrate differently. We handle the emotion

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

Combination pro

n our own way. For some the job is just a job ( a rational approach, with little emotion) for others it is

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

a real change.

In business there are even so many rituals, some of them easy visible as such (retirement o

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

f employee, project initiations, product introductions) others less visible (the gossip in the coffee corne

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

). There are various reasons why also in business these rituals are important. First they identify your

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

usiness, they give you organization a face and a means for people (employees) to feel part of the group. Th

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

way in which your company celebrates its positive results uncovers some of the identity.

Also, rituals ar

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

Following aspects would a

that part of your company culture that is highly recognizable and therefore it offers an opening for chang

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

. Rituals give expression to the style of the organization and this style is prone to alterations. Organiza

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

ions are influenced by societal changes and these changes are reflected in the way people celebrate activit

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

ies. And more important, it is not only what they choose to celebrate, but also how they dress the ceremony

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

You can only spend your money once and how this is done reveals the company’s priorities.

Other style ele

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ents, like some of the unwritten rules, are much harder to discuss because they are not easily to be identi

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

ied (visible). Rituals behaviour support your discipline. Discipline is key for any organization. It is ab

.

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

ut not questioning everything but just doing what needs to be done. Because of the recurring and repeating

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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