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In the struggle to manage our lives, accomplish our dreams, be everywhere at once - on schedule - it seems time is the enemy. We fight the clock and try to “manage” time, as if we had any say in the way the minutes and hours pass. The sense of pressure and constant urgency in our pr

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

ofessional and personal lives has its roots in our culture's relationship with time. It seems there is simply never enough.

From this perceived lack of time, we constantly worry that we should be moving along to some other task or project than what we are currently doing. We know t

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

Examples of combination products may in

at time passes by so quickly, and with it, all our good intentions to get purposeful things done. Day after day we experience the same frustration.

If the root of this issue is a belief system, perhaps a different perspective would serve us better: What if time were on your side?

A

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

s a thought experiment, take a moment right now to imagine what it would be like if you had all the time you needed, all the time in the world. How would your life be different? What would your morning be like? What would you do in the afternoon and evening? How would you handle

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

our relationships with family, friends and co-workers?

It took me just a brief moment to conjure up the image of leisurely starting my day, lingering in the shower, taking time for a morning walk. Breakfast allowed time for a nourishing meal and chatter with my kids. I wrote lette

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

Combination pro

s to neglected relatives and had lunch with a friend. I pictured handling all the clutter in my office, taking care of errands and then relaxing in the mid-day sun when I felt like it. With unlimited time, I could take a week off work each month to write, take some painting classes,

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

and read good books. The image was very inviting.

Yet, as I imagined having enough time for it all, I heard a nagging inner voice whine, “But I’d never get anything DONE.” Isn’t that fascinating? With the gift of all the time in the world, a part of me insists I wouldn’t get en

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

ugh done! This achievement-oriented part of me doesn’t place much value on enjoying my time.

Perhaps the rift is not between me and time, but between the different lenses through which I see the world. Can I value the part of me that wants to slow life down, relax, watch my child

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

ren’s every move as well as the part of me that wants to have big accomplishments and change the world? Of course I must, because in fact, they are not in conflict, they support one another. Creating room to breathe actually enhances my productivity.

Making peace with time means

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

oing what you believe and believing in what you do— whether you are relaxing at the beach or working late to get a project done.

Here are the steps I am taking to befriend time in ways that support both my personal and professional aims:

* Value Your Time. Are you spending your tim

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

doing what you believe has the greatest value? Assess the time spent relative to the return and adjust accordingly. Steve Jobs addressed the Stanford graduating class of 2005 and planted this thought: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do

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

Following aspects would a

today?" If the answer is "No" for too many days in a row, it is time to change something.

* Sequence Your Tasks. Order your tasks in a manner that allows you to cleanly take care of one thing at a time. Anna, one of our IWS Project Managers, is adept at creating boundaries so she

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

can fully devote herself to the task at hand. She accomplishes this by sequencing types of tasks rather than trying to tackle too much at once. She puts one high priority internal project on her list to complete between client work. Only when the one project is complete does she mo

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

ve on to the next.

* Be in the Moment. Even in the chaos of the workplace, it is possible slow the pace and rest for a bit. Stop for a moment and breathe slowly, look out the window, or at a photo, bringing your full focus into to noticing how you feel, how you are sitting, where yo

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

are in your space. Calm your mind and connect with your timeless inner resources. The Power of Now is an ancient concept that has been rekindled recently in the writings of Eckart Tolle: “To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gi

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

t you can offer…”

* Just Let Go. Letting go is counter-intuitive for most of us, but it has two rewards: it allows others to step up to the challenge, and it preserves our energies for higher priority items. My Grandmother, a compulsive worrier for most of her life, began to say t

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

o me when she turned 92, “I just can’t worry about that anymore.” And she stopped. I understand now what it means to run out of bandwidth and have to preserve what attention you have for the thoughts and actions that are most meaningful.

* Recognize and Utilize Discretionary Time.

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

ost professionals have a significant amount of discretionary time each day that can be put to use on their behalf. Notice how much of your day is truly committed, and how much you decide what to work on and how to approach it. Notice how you choose how to spend your lunch time, and

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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

other transitions between activities. Recognizing and using this unclaimed time creates the opportunity to support our peace of mind in the spaces in between our commitments.

We can be the author of our days. Instead of battling the constraints of time, embrace them. The finite

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ature of our time on earth, whether in a work context or the broader cycle of aging and mortality gives meaning to what we do with our time. Limited time creates compelling reasons to take care of what is most important to us - to define and live our values, sooner, rather than later

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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