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Once you have completed your day you can boost your efforts for tomorrow with an investment of only 10 minutes. Apply these st

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

rategies at the end of your work day and you will definitely increase your productivity.

Quitting time. Schedule ti

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

Examples of combination products may in

me at the end of your day; just like for your first 60-minutes, you need to block-out the last 10-minutes of your day to make t

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

ime for your end-of-day routine.

Look ahead. Start your ‘to do’ list for the next day. The best time to do this is

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

at the end of the day when your focus is still on the job – it’s far more difficult to do in the morning when you’re wondering

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

Combination pro

where you left-off the day before.

Carry over incomplete tasks from your current day’s list and add new priorities.
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
> It helps to clear your head and put it to paper and you’ll be amazed at how much more effective you can be when your brain po
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
wer is being put to problem-solving rather than trying to remember everything you need to do! It helps too to give you a cleare
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
r picture of what needs to be achieved and what you can delegate – and, there’s enormous satisfaction in being able to tick-off
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
completed items and review your achievements at the end of the day!

What’s in store?Check your diary and commitmen
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
ts for the following day and be aware of what’s coming up, where you need to be and what preparation, tasks and projects you ne
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a
ed to focus on.

Leave it clean. Clear and tidy your desk, throw rubbish in the bin, sort leftover mail and papers a
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
nd put your files away; apart form being good housekeeping, it is good for office security to have valuable company information
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
filed away in locked cabinets or drawers. By clearing your workspace you also signal the end of the day and clear your mind.
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
Wash up. Clean your coffee cup, empty your water bottle, wash any leftover dishes or containers from lunch, and start each day
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
afresh.

Carry your reading. Put your reading file in your briefcase. If you don’t already have one, start a readin
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
g file and carry it with you on your way home. You can get through a surprising amount of reading while on public transport to
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
and from work and while waiting in queues.

Shut down.Switch your phone to voicemail, remembering to change your mes
.

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
sage if you’re not going to be in the next day, or if you’re going to be in late. Close out your email, again, remembering to a
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
ctivate your ‘out of office’ message if you’re not going to be in the next day, and switch off your computer, screen & printer.

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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