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The first time I heard about the term work-life balance I was surprised that anybody even thought of balancing the two. Wasn’t that like counting app

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

les and oranges? Still, the idea was quite exciting and I thought I’d explore it a bit more:

I thought long and hard about what kind of working hour

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

Examples of combination products may in

s I wanted to have, what kind of office, how many people. By means of visualization all of that became a clear image that I was drawn to. I could see

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

myself in a setting being fulfilled and happy with the way I lived and worked. Interestingly enough my enjoyment of the visions lasted only until th

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

e moment I realized that all my dreams and visions had come true! There is a Chinese curse: May you reach all your goals – that is exactly how I felt

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

Combination pro

empty and cursed - dreamless. So I pondered what I could do differently.

First of all I learned that constant striving for new actions creates a me

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

ss of outcomes that are not necessarily beneficial. It is like attempting to weave a rug using thread that is in a tangled mass. Imagine yourself ins

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

pired by the idea of the colors you want to use, the thread choice and the size of the rug – your vision is clear and you slowly start working on it

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

until you meet the first obstacle: knots that start taking you away from the initial goal. As you are solving the unpredicted problem, emotions arise

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

, impatience, confusion – you end up working on untying the knot rather than weaving the rug.

My personal experience was that I dealt with both with

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

determination and focus, so I kept balancing the acts – weaving and untying the knots, keeping myself busy, thinking that was just how life was.

Rec

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

Following aspects would a

ently I started working with Michael Neill, a truly inspiring coach and NLP practitioner, to learn that there are times when it is right just to sit

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

back and relax, allow thoughts to clear and become a tabula rasa – a blank sheet of paper ready to be filled with fresh ideas. Confused at first and

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

even upset by the lack of taking action, I rebelled against the process. I questioned if it was right for me, but each time I would face the same old

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

fact: action was the thing that brought me where I was in the first place – and I wasn’t fulfilled.

Thinking about what triggered this awareness, I

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

realized it was a simple exercise that seemed to be non-action:

Exercise for clearing the mind.

Find a comfortable chair and while sitting (or lyin

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

g) observe your thoughts while not acting upon them. Free your mind of all ‘I shoulds’, of all ‘I musts’. Once a thought comes that brings a ‘WOW!’ a

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

s a comment (sometimes there are other versions of it: ‘Wouldn’t that be nice!’, ‘I wish!’, ‘That would be great…’) proceed with one action that take

.

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 you closer to the realization of that thought. For those doing the exercise for the first time – when moving from thought to an action, choose smal

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

l steps that are easy to achieve and give you a sense of completion.

Do this exercise daily for 20 – 60 minutes a day.

Copyright2007 Dalida Turkovi

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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