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I recently reported on my obsessive compulsive behavior and how I found Psychology Today.

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

That’s where I caught OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

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

Examples of combination products may in

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

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Fortunately I didn’t catch the extreme related disease of trichotillomani

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

a which is "the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, eyebrows or other body h

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

Combination pro

air." Such an urge would be futile for me as I am as bald as Mount Baldy in the Uinta Mou

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

ntains of Utah.

Anyway, I’ve saved one heck of a lot of time since I read the article on

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

OCD at the stated reference. Here are some examples of daily time savings:

Not checking

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

if I still have my car keys in my pocket while shopping: 3 minutes

Not paying attention

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

to the thought I wish I were a millionaire: 7 minutes

Not checking again and agai

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

n if the front, back, and garage doors are locked: 12 minutes

Paying no attention to the

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

Following aspects would a

urge to draw up grandiose plans: 17 minutes

Ignoring the urge to write down 17 new arti

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

cle ideas: 10 minutes

Not checking to see if my wallet is still in my pocket: 6 minutes

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

Ignoring the thought that I sold Microsoft too soon on seven occasions: 4 minutes

Not t

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

inking about my lack of expertise at option trading: 3 minutes

Not designing another dir

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

ect mail get-rich scheme: 25 minutes

Not reading every word in junk mail: 17 minutes

Le

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

t’s see that is 104 minutes a day or almost two hours. Oh, I forgot a couple:

Not trying

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

to memorize π to 50 decimal places: 12 minutes

Not starting a new novel: 4 minutes

.

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

Now that makes 120 minutes or 2 hours a day.

I think we can increase these time saving

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

s. Let’s see–

Wait! My wife told me to "Get off of it!"

Thanks, Psychology Today!

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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