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"It is therefore recommended ... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings

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

of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor ..."
-- Samuel Adams, father of the American Revolution on November 1, 1777 (adopted by the 13 states as the first official Tha

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

Examples of combination products may in

nksgiving Proclamation)

"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls."
-- Aesop's Fables

"Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember; no one can give thanks who has a short memory.

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

-- Anonymous

"One act of thanksgiving made when things go wrong is worth a thousand when things go well."
-- Anonymous

"Thanksgiving is a circle of memories."
-- Anonymous

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

Thanksgiving is a time for remembering and appreciating the special people in our lives. Our home is warmed by the love of family and friends."
-- Anonymous

"What we're really talking about is a wonderful

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

Combination pro

day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?"
-- Erma Bombeck

"My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorat

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

Pearl Harbor."
-- Phyllis Diller

"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Who does not thank for little will not thank for m

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

uch."
-- Estonian proverb

"Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving."
-- Kahlil Gibran

"There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day . . . is the one

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

day that is purely American."
-- O. Henry

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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

"An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day."
-- Irv Kupcinet

"Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitu

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

de will allow."
-- Edward Sandford Martin
"Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for grati

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

Following aspects would a

tude and new beginnings."
-- J. Robert Moskin
"Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude."
-- E.P. Po

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ell
" Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving."
-- WT Purkiser
"Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected fro

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

m us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds."
-- Theodore Roosevelt
"Great as the preparations were for the dinner, everything was so contrived that

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

not a soul in the house should be kept from the morning service of Thanksgiving in the church."
-- Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
"How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildr

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

n to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative—or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw peop

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

le."
-- Sir John Templeton
"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse."
-- Hen

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

ry Van Dyke
"It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor."
-- George Wash

.

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

ngton in his first Presidential Proclamation
"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving."

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

-- H. U. Westermayer
"And let these altars, wreathed with flowers And piled with fruits, awake again Thanksgivings for the golden hours, The early and the latter rain!"
-- John Greenleaf Whittier

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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