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Big corporations like General Motors and Coca-Cola spend thou

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

sands of dollars on press kits with specially-designed folder

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

Examples of combination products may in

, full-color stationery, digital photos and lots of other goo

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

ies. Does this make a reporter more likely to do their story?

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

In my experience, the answer is no.

Regardless of the appear

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

Combination pro

ance of the information, there are two basic things in a pres

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

release that lead to free publicity. Useful information, and

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

several different contact methods.

A reporter almost expects

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

a big company to have flashy press information. But they cert

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

ainly don't expect or even want it from you.

Cut unnecessary

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

costs by skipping the fancy, flashy press kits with glitter a

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

Following aspects would a

d ribbons. It rarely helps.

Instead, invest time in coming u

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

with information that will appeal to the reporter and to her

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

readers. Useful information gets – and keeps – a reporter’s

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

ttention much better.

And after you compile that information

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

make sure that it's going to be easy for the reporter to fin

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

you when they want to use the information. Every piece of pa

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

per or email you send the media must have your contact inform

.

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

tion: phone, fax, mail, web site address, and e-mail. Putting

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

it on the outer folder, or top sheet alone, just isn’t enough

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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