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A few days ago I had to stop by my local college's library for a research book for a project I have at work. I needed to talk to a librarian who was not on the main floor of the library, but who had an office on the 3rd floor.

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

When I rounded the corner to enter her office, I was sort of stunned. All I could see of her from behind her desk was her head and shoulders. The rest of her was blocked by the huge piles of paper covering her entire desk. Th

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

Examples of combination products may in

ere was not one inch of desktop visible.

How could she ever find anything, I wondered. And I also thought to myself - at least my desk isn't that bad. But truthfully, my desk isn't all that good either lately. Right now I can

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

only see about 50% of my desktop.

Do I want it that way? No. Am I currently working with every piece of paper sitting on my desk? No. So why is it so cluttered? I know the answer - habit and resistance. The habit is pu

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

tting down what I've finished working with and then leaving it there. The resistance is to taking the time to clean it all up. I'm sure this is what the librarian is suffering from too. And I would imagine that it is very ment

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

Combination pro

lly draining for her to enter her office everyday and be confronted by that mess.

For most people, the resistance portion of the problem is easier to tackle. When you find yourself with a pile of papers or other items that yo

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

u're not currently using covering your desk or your kitchen counter at home, and that pile stays there for a few days, then you're probably resisting cleaning it up because: you don't think you have time, you don't know what t

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

do with it, you just don't feel like cleaning it up, etc...

An easy way to break this resistance and start to organize your space is to give yourself a time limit - a short time limit so it won't seem overwhelming. What abou

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

t 10 minutes? Politely ask yourself to take 10 minutes of uninterrupted time to work on the pile on your desk or counter or even the pile of papers that you moved off the desk last month and put on the floor. Asking yourself,

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

ather then telling yourself you have to or you should, opens the way for you to feel less resistance. And then if some of the mess is still there when your 10 minutes is up, ask yourself to take another 10 minute

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

s tomorrow. At some point the pile is going to disappear - unless you keep adding to it out of habit.

For me, the habit part of this problem is harder to solve because it takes being consciously aware of what I do righ

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

Following aspects would a

t after I finish with a piece of paper, when I bring in the mail, when I pay the bills and then need to do something with the statement, or when I finish any activity. Anywhere that I see clutter or mess accumulating in my hom

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

or office is a place where I have not paid full attention at the time that the item passed through my hand.

Breaking the habit requires 3 things: setting an intention in your mind of how you want things to be (I want to h

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

ave a clean desk.); staying consciously aware every time you are in that area (Make sure I put away the papers I finish with rather than piling them on the desk.); and time. Most sources say it takes about a month t

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

create a new successful habit in place of the old unwanted habit, but if you've been creating a messy desk for 30 years it might take longer to break that habit.

So if you find yourself faced with a mess of papers covering y

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

our desk and you need some motivation to help clear it up, take the following steps:

• First ask yourself to take 10 minutes to work on clearing some of them up, and only use the 10 minutes.

• Praise yourself for any progres

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

you make rather than condemning yourself as a slob. Being nice to yourself will make it that much easier to take 10 more minutes tomorrow.

• Then set an intention that you want to keep your desk clean.

• For a month, try to

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

stay as aware as possible of what you do with every paper that touches your desktop. Make an absolute effort to put away a paper or a file when you finish with it. Or commit to setting aside 5 minutes at the end of every work

.

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

day to clear away the papers.

Once you start to consciously pay attention to your actions in your desk space, you’ll find that not as much paper mess accumulates and you’ll be able to see the desktop again. Organizing your de

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

sk, or any other area where papers accumulate, can seem to be an overwhelming task. But with a few simple steps and a willingness to form a new habit, you can have a clear space in no time. Now as for those kitchen counters..

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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