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There are approximately 35 million Americans that were born in foreign countries. When we compare this with the approximate 285 m

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

illion Americans across the country we find that approximately 10% of all people living in this country are immigrants. That mean

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

Examples of combination products may in

foreign languages are a major part of our lives.

After each war new legislation is passed in order to either stem or control im

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

igration. In 1891 the Immigration Service was established to deal with the large influx of immigrants after the Civil War. After

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

WI the federal government again instituted immigration quotas around 1921 to limit impoverished new comers. The 1990’s have seen

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

Combination pro

he larges amount of immigration since the early 1800’s. If the statistics included illegal immigrants the number would be huge ma

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

ing the 1990’s an immigration free-for-all.

Many companies have begun instituting English only in the workplace. The policy chan

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

e is because there are is a high level of new immigrants and nearly 11 million Americans that are not fluent in English. This cre

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

tes problems for employers who must maintain productive work environments where the languages spoken on the floor are not always

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

nderstood by everyone else.

The issue of an “English Only” workplace requires some type of business necessity whereupon the conn

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

ction between business needs and the English language is clear. For example, when conducting their duties companies may require E

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

Following aspects would a

glish to be spoken for customer service, operational and safety reasons. However, it isn’t likely that a company could show much

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

usiness justification for people speaking another language on their breaks.

The amount of EEOC charges related to potential ethn

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

c discrimination and language in the workplace is rising. In April Flushing Manor Geriatric Center was forced to pay $900,000 in

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

settlement after the company allowed other languages but not Creole to be spoken. They enforced a rule that Creole could not be

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

poken on breaks which showed discrimination towards one set of people.

The best advice someone can give a company concerning how

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

to set up your “English Only” workplace is to draw direct lines between language and business needs. Safety, customer service, op

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

rational efficiency, and transparency are some important business reasons for having such a policy. However, a company should avo

.

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

d enforcing these language restrictions on breaks, off-time, and activities that are not part of business transactions. Do not re

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

trict one language while accepting other foreign languages or the issue becomes one of ethnicity versus consistency in the policy

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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If you have ever simply watched people at work you will find that many often come in late or miss work entirely for days on end. We may be able to draw a connection in our reasoning that says all these people showing up 10 minutes late can add up to lots of lost revenue for the company. The problem is how to control attendance issues and still treat everyone fairly?

Imagine the horses all lined up at the gate in the last Kentucky Derby. Successful businessmen-women are just like thoroughbred horses. They must practice, run like the wind and sometimes be driven to make it first through the line. Like a horse race the majorities are losers and only a few are Triple Crown winners.

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