Advice Pool - Health and Fitness

Just over eight years ago, my daughter, Alissa was diagnosed with juvenile (or Type 1

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

) diabetes.

In the weeks before Alissa was diagnosed she'd lost about half a stone.

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

Examples of combination products may in

She'd also been feeling tired, hungry, had been very thirsty and was urinating more

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

than usual. It wasn't until she started feeling permanently sleepy that we took her

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

to the doctor, who very quickly made a diagnosis and had her admitted to hospital.

I

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

Combination pro

t was a strange time, we knew nothing about diabetes, what could be done about it or

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

what it would mean for our lives.

Here's three things that really helped us to cope

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

and learn to live with it, which you may find helpful too:-

Learning about diabet

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

es - yes, why not actually read all those leaflets that they gave you at the hosp

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

ital?

Making it a family thing - every change you make, make as a family. W

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

hether it's changing your diet, your exercise regime, your meal times - do it togethe

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

Following aspects would a

r.

Rising to the challenge - seems strange, but you can actually enjoy the ch

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

allenge of coping with new recipes, foods, routines and learning the medical jargon.

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

Though there'll probably be days where it'll all seems just too much to cope with, b

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

elieve it or not, you will get used to the routine of injections, testing suga

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

r levels and regular hospital visits.

Learning that your child has diabetes isn’t ea

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

sy, so accept support from family and friends at this time to help you through.

What

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

of my own daughter Alissa? She's doing just great and you can read her diabetes blog

.

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

at http://juvenile-diabetes.blogspot.com/

Remember, take each day as it comes and y

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ou'll be surprised how quickly you learn to cope with having a diabetic in the family

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

HTTP = HTML link (for blogs, profiles,phorums):
<a href="http://www.advicepool.org.ua/article/240604/advicepool-Just-Diagnosed-With-Type-1-Juvenile-Diabetes.html">Just Diagnosed With Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes?</a>

BB link (for phorums):
[url=http://www.advicepool.org.ua/article/240604/advicepool-Just-Diagnosed-With-Type-1-Juvenile-Diabetes.html]Just Diagnosed With Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes?[/url]

The market extended its recovery off the February lows with an impressive advance in April. In fact, in the last two months the market has recouped all and then some of the steep late-February decline that jittered the market but is now nothing more than a distant memory.

Over 70% of American families have two bread winners. But often the second breadwinner is not bringing home enough to make it worthwhile, particularly if the trade off is putting the children in day care. The author analyzes the typical two income family situation and proposes a solution that will allow many spouses to stay home and get paid by the IRS.

Almost every woman makes 6000-8000 steps a days on average. Even at home we do housekeeping mostly standing. But we must have in mind that our health depends from our feet and legs. All our internals are connected with feet. By the end of the day our legs and feet are often tired or even become swollen.

Tags

Links

Advice Pool - Just Diagnosed With Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes?

Related Articles: