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Lectio divina is a very useful and practical discipline for spiritual growth. Rooted in ancient monasticism, the practice is a fourfold cycle: Reading, Meditati

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

on, Prayer, and Contemplation. In fact, the term itself means “sacred reading.”

Reading. Lectio divina begins with a “text,” whether that is the Bible, a spir

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

Examples of combination products may in

itual classic, something in nature, or even another person. You must “take up and read.” But the reading is not done to acquire knowledge or information, to ma

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

ster the text. Reading is done slowly, focusing on words and connections. In lectio divina, we are seeking to let the text master us.

I read through the Bible

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

, a practice known as lectio continua, during my devotional times. I used to read for information, and to get through a certain amount (say, four chapters every

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

Combination pro

day), but now I read slowly, taking at most a chapter each day. As I read, I listen for how the Word of God is addressing me.

Meditation. Meditation is focus

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

ed thought. In lectio divina, we are neither letting our mind run wild with thoughts nor letting it empty of all thoughts. Instead, we concentrate our focus on

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

the words of the text, thinking about each one. Let each word resonate within you.

Think of the meditation phase as though it were tea steeping. You are the

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

hot water, and the tea bag is the Bible. As the tea bag steeps (reading), flavor is diffused throughout the hot water. This is meditation. It is the slow, sim

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

mering period where we digest the text and gain insight.

Prayer. The prayer phase takes the fruit of our meditation and offers it back to God. Perhaps a text

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

led us to joy because of the gifts of God, or maybe a passage exposed sin in our lives and the need for repentance. Prayer is when we offer these insights back

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

Following aspects would a

to God.

Contemplation. Contemplation is the act of sitting in the presence of God with total attention and concentration on God. After a time of prayer, we ju

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

st sit with God.

If you preach or teach, you should use lectio divina as part of your preparation. Sit with the text away from analysis and exegesis, and let G

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

od speak to you through his word. A sermon or class could follow this four-part cycle.

For a sermon, the preacher could read the passage, describe the paths he

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

or she explored during meditation and the insights found, and offer a prayer to God based on the meditation. After, there could be a congregational period of s

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

ilence for contemplation.

When I teach, I often use lectio divina as an outline. I read the passage from my Bible and ask two or three others to read the same

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

passage, but from different translations. Then I help the class to “meditate”: I ask what words or images struck them from the reading, what they noticed or did

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

n’t noticed, what feelings they had as they read, or what was most surprising in the text. We follow these threads, learning from each other, and then conclude

.

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

with prayer.

Lectio divina is a very helpful discipline for spiritual growth. If the reader practices lectio divina often, she will begin to plumb the depths o

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

f her soul and her relationship with God. The single greatest facet of lectio divina is its ability to create a mindset that can actually listen to and for God.

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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