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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

ho know you, your abilities, and your interests—so your name will immediately come to m

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

Examples of combination products may in

nd when an opportunity, lead, or interesting tidbit comes on the scene.

Your network s

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

ould not be limited to corporate professionals—it should include your own school, inclu

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

ing career center and alumni association staff, professors, and others who work in depa

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

Combination pro

tments or offices in your area of interest (like finance, marketing, public relations,

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

undraising, etc.).

They may not have ideas or contacts for you immediately, but if our

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

company were to call your school looking for a student or recent graduate to interview

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

or an upcoming issue of our Dose of RealityTM newsletter, would they think of you
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
?

And we’re not the only company looking for interesting people to talk to. “Why shoul
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
I care about magazines calling my school,” you ask? The exposure you get in a national
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a
publication, a local newspaper, or on TV, is simply invaluable. It gives you an impress
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
ve bullet to put on your resume and may lead to important network contacts that otherwi
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
e would never have been discovered. But they can’t recommend you if your name doesn’
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
come to mind.

Of course, ‘press coverage’ is far from the best or only reason to
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
ake yourself known on your campus. Opportunities for job leads, customers for your busi
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
ess, and other career contacts can come from your alma mater as well as from any other
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
ource. Everyone you meet has a different circle of friends and contacts...and they have
.

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
friends and contacts...and they have friends and contacts...

So don’t overlook a poten
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
ially powerful source of contacts and opportunites…get out there and introduce yourself

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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