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Nearly every office, be it commercial or home-based, may have areas of inefficiency that can be improved upon. We are not ta

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

lking sales figures or profit margins or budgets, but inefficient waste and resource management. For instance, let us look a

; 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 some common aspects and consider how consumption can be reduced and how to make better use of resources.

Not all paper wo

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

rk and receipts need to be shredded, but sometimes, for the sake of security, it is necessary. This shredded paper is recycl

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

able or it can be contributed in layers to a compost or worm bin. It can also be donated to animal shelters or pet stores wh

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

Combination pro

ere it is used in the bottom of cages to help keep them clean. This will ease workloads on staff, keep operational costs dow

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

n, and the animals are more comfortable in their cages. The animal waste along with the bedding is easily composted.

Techno

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

logy now makes it possible to save paper on a daily basis by sending emails. Worth mentioning, is the time saved as compared

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

to communicating via the postal system. When sending a fax, if possible, refrain from using a cover sheet. For efficient pa

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

per use at the photocopy machine, set it to automatically print pages on both sides. When making draft copies with the photo

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

copier or printer, use the reverse side of any suitable scrap paper. We keep a box of this paper handy for visiting children

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

Following aspects would a

to color and draw upon. The blank side of any scrap paper can be used for shopping lists, reminder notes, game scoring, or

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

the perpetual to do list(s) that we all have.

We often use sheets of adhesive labels in our office printer. The edges, top

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

and bottom of each used sheet have 1/4" of remaining unused material. These can be trimmed to convenient lengths and stored

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

in a small jar (or other storage container of choice). These labels come in handy when labeling items destined for the freez

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

er, jam jars, bulk foods or shop and craft supplies.

Keep computer equipment such as external drives, printers and scanners

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

powered off when they are not in use – turn them on only for the duration that they are needed. Stand-by power (lights or c

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

lock displays) can be eliminated by either using a power bar or by manually unplugging the equipment. Sleep the computer dur

.

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

ing the day when not in use (lunch, coffee, or meetings) and turn all equipment off before leaving at the end of the day.

T

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

hese are some simple suggestions, yet they will save time, money, and resources, which is in the best interest of any office

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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