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As a freelance photographer, I find myself traveling to many exotic places all over the world to take pictures. Recently, I decided to make a stop in the laid back Southern

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

City of Greenville, S.C. Being a nature lover, I was attracted to the Waterfalls in the downtown area.

I checked into a local hotel that was advertised in South Carolina’s

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

Examples of combination products may in

travel coupon book, the ad boasted of a Grand Opening Special with a hot breakfast, free internet, cable and more. The price was right and it was accessible to the downtown

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

area. The room though nicely decorated, with a full refrigerator, microwave and cabinets had a dark look, even with the lights on. The drapes had heavy lining which blocked

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

out any sunlight from the outside. This layout is great if you need to get some rest during the day, also I knew it wouldn’t be a problem for me to fall fast asleep after be

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

Combination pro

ing tired from driving out of the state.

While in a deep sleep, I felt totally restless tossing turning and wakening up in a cold sweat after hearing screams in my dreams.

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

I did not understand what prompted this despair that I felt. I have always paid close attention to my dreams, also keeping a Dreamer’s Dictionary for interpreting them. I di

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

n’t know what to make of it, just realized I would follow up later.

Next, I showered got dressed and went out to one of the upscale downtown restaurants that had a nice vie

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

w of the people walking up and down the sidewalk. After a wonderful dinner and a nice walk I decided to return to the hotel. Once I drove into the hotel parking lot, my hear

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

t felt like it skipped a beat after seeing a large fire truck sitting in the driveway of the hotel entrance. Some hotel guests were standing on the outside with no coats eve

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

though the weather was very chilly for this time of year. I rushed to park my car and jumped out to ask the crowd what had happened?

One man yelled out, “someone burned po

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

Following aspects would a

pcorn in their microwave”. A hotel employee standing on the outside began to mumble, “This doesn’t look too good,” then went on to say, “You know six people died here by fir

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

e and around 11 people were injured in 2004. As he continued to talk I felt numb inside. Not being from this city but living in another state I didn’t have a clue of what h

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

appened in the past at this same hotel. It was the most tragic hotel fire in the history of the city. Was the dream I experienced earlier that day trying to tell me somethin

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

? Well that night I didn’t put on my night clothes. I laid there in the hotel bed in my street clothing unable to sleep, fearful of the unknown.

After, returning home from

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

my trip I decided to research the facts about this hotel fire. On the internet I typed in the name of the hotel in several of the top search engines. No indication about thi

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

s hotel fire came up. Nothing until I went to archives online of greenvilleonline.com which is an online version of The Greenville Newspaper. After reading the many headlin

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

details of the fire, one headline indicated, “If they would have had a sprinklers system in the hotel lives could have been saved”.

You would think out of respect for the

.

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

victims they would have changed the name of the hotel or even had this hotel torn down. It just doesn’t sit well with me to see this hotel treat this situation as, business

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

as usual.

Some people need to realize the power of the Blog, for if I had the opportunity to read someone’s blog about this hotel in advance, I would have never checked in

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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