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Many believe the cosmos is infinite. Indeed this is certainly a p

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

ossibility as we look out into space and realize how insignifican

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

Examples of combination products may in

t we really are. Recently in an online think tank forum a member

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

pitched the thought, which is somewhat a reflection of Carl Sagan

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 ideas, that indeed the cosmos is infinite. He further went on

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

Combination pro

to say that the human mind could not understand this for it was f

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

inite.

The cosmos and its potential to be infinite is a plausibl

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 theory, I do not deny it. To say the human mind cannot comprehe

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

nd it is to limit one’s self. I certainly do not pretend to be “a

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

ll knowing” by any means, but one should not be so short sided th

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

at they could not understand it, if it were explained to them cor

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

Following aspects would a

rectly. I therefore completely disagree, but that is a debate for

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

another time and place of course.

But is the human mind really

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

finite? How could one judge that? How would one know and what is

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

the definition of finite in the context of a human mind? Who is 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

o say that the human mind is finite? Isn’t someone who believes s

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

uch, making it finite by limiting their thoughts? Then indeed the

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

y would be correct, simply because they believed it to be so. Do

.

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

you believe the Cosmos is infinite? Do you believe the human mind

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

is finite? What are your thoughts on this? Think on this in 2006

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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