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It seemed like any other day when I walked into the barbershop. The old-fashioned, wood-paneled room looked like a scene only Norman Rockwell could create.

I was greeted with

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

the customary, “Hey, guy” from the balding, overweight barber. Thrilled that I wouldn’t have to wait for my haircut, I took a seat in the oversized barber chair. He spun me

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

Examples of combination products may in

round so that I was facing away from the mirror, but I didn’t mind. My eyes were already fixed on the television perched high in the corner of the shop.

“So what’ll it be, gu

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

?” the bald barber asked. His hand lingered over the clippers, like a gunslinger over his holstered pistol.

“The usual,” I said confidently. “Number one tapered up on the si

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

es, trimmed up and thinned up on top.”

Large clumps of hair began falling on my shoulders. I struggled to hear the television over the humming in my ears. After about ten mi

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

Combination pro

utes, the bald barber spun me around so that I was facing the mirror. Proudly, the barber asked, “So how does it look?”

My eyes grew wide with horror; my lips had no words to

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

answer his question. There was an awkward silence as I screamed inside my head, “What have you done?” I considered telling him how awful it was, but what would that do? It’s n

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

t like he could have glued it back on. There was absolutely nothing I could do. Remembering the barber’s question, I forced out the words, “Not bad.”

I had blindly trusted t

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

e bald barber. I let him have complete control of my hair without even watching. He didn’t know exactly what I wanted, and I was too engulfed in the television to really tell

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

him. I should have participated, asking to watch him work or giving my input along the way. If I was going to trust someone else with my haircut, it should have at least been

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

someone with great hair.

Unfortunately, a bad haircut isn’t the only consequence of taking advice from the wrong person. In business, bad advice may not be as obvious, but it

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

Following aspects would a

is exponentially more devastating. For that reason, you should be very careful about choosing the people who will influence you.

Many business people with tremendous potent

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

al will never achieve success, simply because they give into the influences of the wrong people. They choose to commiserate with others at the water cooler and spend their mee

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

ings talking about why something cannot happen instead of how it can. Instead of shaping their future with their own hands, they simply accept what others give them.

If you w

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

nt to be a positive, successful person, seek out people with those same qualities. Surrounding yourself with their energy will help you achieve what they have. As the Spanish

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

proverb says, “Tell me with whom you walk and I will tell you who you are.”

Now, if you want to be a positive, successful business person, you must go one step further. Make

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ure that the people you take advice from are capable of giving you the professional advice you need. Sometimes we choose to take business advice from our friends. While they

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

ay be dependable and well-intentioned, it doesn’t mean they know what’s best for you professionally. Keep your friends as friends, not as business consultants.

If you want su

.

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

cess, take your future into your own hands. Actively seek positive influences that will help you achieve your fullest potential. Don’t just sit in the giant barber chair, let

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ing a stranger spin you and have free reign at reshaping your head. Choose your barber and your company carefully, and face that mirror! You’re the one who has to live with it

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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