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Female Genital Cutting or (Female Genital Mutilation) as some of us would have it, due to its crude nature, dates to the time of the pharaohs in Egypt and is perpetuated in a given community f

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

or a variety of reasons. It refers to amputation of any part of the female genitalia for cultural rather than medical reasons.

From the late 19th century until the 1950s, clitoridotomy and

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

Examples of combination products may in

ther more invasive procedures, including excision of the clitoris and infibulation were practiced in Western countries 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.

o control female sexuality. Doctors advocating or performing these procedures claimed that girls of all ages would otherwise engage in more masturbation and be "polluted" by the activity. Thro

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

gh the 1950s, some doctors continued to advocate clitoridotomy for hygienic reasons or to reduce masturbation. After one of such procedures, there was a reported case of a two-year-old girl wh

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

Combination pro

o said that she was not masturbating as frequently as she had used to before the "cut".

Justification of the procedure on hygienic grounds, or to reduce masturbation, has since declined. The

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

iew that masturbation is a cause of mental and physical illness has dissipated since the mid-20th century.

In 1995, Hillary Rodham Clinton, then US fist lady, stated at the Fourth World Confe

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

rence on Women in Beijing, China that “it is a violation of human rights when young girls are brutalized by the painful and degrading practice of genital mutilation”.

By then, African communi

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

ies that were (and some of them still are) proponents of FGM were being bombarded and lambasted on all fronts. This was in a bid to pressurize them to stop "dehumanizing", "demoralizing" and "

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

debasing" women as they had done for ages.

As the clitoris holds a massive number of nerve endings, and generates feelings of sexual arousal when stimulated, therefore most communities set ou

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

to 'operate' on their women to "preserve the good name of the community". They believed that by cutting the clitoris (a woman's sexual pleasure hub), feelings of sexual arousal would be reduc

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

Following aspects would a

ed or terminated. In effect, these women would be much less likely to engage in pre-marital intercourse or adultery.

Here are some reasons that such communities have for advocating for FGM

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

• Some believe that the clitoris is dangerous and must be removed for health reasons.

• Some believe that it is a poisonous organ that can cause a man to sicken or die if contacted by a

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

man's sexual organ.

• Others believe that men can become impotent by contacting a clitoris.

• Others believe that a baby will be hydrocephalic (born with excess cranial fluid) if its head c

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

ntacts the clitoris during birth.

• Some believe that the milk of the mother will become poisonous if her clitoris touches the baby during childbirth.

• Bad genital odours can only be elimin

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

ated by removing the clitoris and labia minora.

• FGM prevents vaginal cancer.

• An unmodified clitoris can lead to masturbation or lesbianism.

• FGM prevents nervousness from developing in

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

girls and women.

• FGM prevents the face from turning yellow.

• FGM makes a woman's face more beautiful.

• If FGM is not done, older men may not be able to match their wives' sex drive and

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

may be forced to resort to illegal stimulating drugs.

An intact clitoris generates sexual arousal in women which can cause neuroses (a disorder of the mind in which a person suffers from s

.

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

rong unreasonable fears and ideas about the outside world, troubled relations with other people, and often physical illness) if repressed. My friends, this practice should be fought by al

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

l people on all fronts. It is a degrading practice that should never be allowed to continue enjoying the "complacency" and "compromise" of some of our communities. We are the ones educate them

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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