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Sometimes information doesn't get passed along. Sometimes it's tacked on as an afterthought. Sometimes it's as though the information doesn't really matter at all

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

. And, sometimes it's a gender problem.

Babe Lehrer, in her book Men, They Just Don't Get It! tells the story of a podiatry assistant. She has a nice driv

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

Examples of combination products may in

to work. She's humming and working well. It looks like a perfect day. Wrong.

"Right after lunch came the bombshell! The good doctor told all of us that he had o

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

ffered free podiatry services that afternoon, to anyone who wanted or needed help from the mission downtown!

As I came out of the lunchroom, I opened the door to

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

the waiting room and took a peek . . . not only was every seat in the waiting room filled, but people were sitting close together on the floor . . . I glanced up

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

Combination pro

. . . there was a very long, seemingly endless line of people waiting to get into the office."

The office didn't close until well into the evening. The assistant

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

nearly crawled to her car. As she drove home she fantasized about a nice relaxing bath and a shoulder rub. When she arrived home she found cars parked all down th

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

e street and in her driveway. Frightened she got out of the car and ran through the house and out to the back porch. There she heard her husband yell out to her,

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

Honey, I forgot to tell you that we're having a barbecue tonight."

Men and women think differently. Those differences are neither right nor wrong but they can re

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

sult in confusion and conflict. In the story above, the doctor probably thought that the office was going to be open anyway, and everyone there was prepared to wo

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

k with foot problems, so the information about the huge influx of people wasn't needed. As far as the husband not telling his wife about inviting everyone to a ba

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

Following aspects would a

rbecue . . . that was just wrong.

Dr. Pat Heim, an expert on gender differences knows that men and women grow up in different cultures while learning different l

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ssons. She says, " The hitch is that the rules of these cultures are typically invisible and these invisible rules are the cause of many misunderstandings as men

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

and women work together . . ."

Dr. Heim's diversity training video, Invisible Rules: Men, Women and Teams provides information and insight that is the bas

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

s for better understanding and communication between the sexes.

Among her insights:

Men and women have radically different ideas of what it means to be a t

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

eam player.

Our meeting behaviors are different. For men, the meeting often doesn't happen in the meeting and women may not know this.

Women often use

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

disclaimers, hedges, and tag questions in their linguistic behavior, which can backfire when talking to men.

Our non-verbal communication is different. For

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

example, when women nod it means "I hear you," while men nod in agreement.

The diversity training video Invisible Rules: Men, Women and Teams is a great i

.

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

troduction to gender differences.

We must first recognize the fact that men and women think differently. Next we must solve gender communication problems by iden

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

tifying what the differences are. Speaking up, discussing, and listening are the first steps for more successful gender communication in the workplace and at home

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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