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Starting a walking program is a personal commitment to fitness. Like many walkers, you may have started

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

out strong and then your walking program disappeared in the hustle and bustle of life. You may be disa

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

Examples of combination products may in

ppointed in yourself. You may play mental games with yourself as well and find all sorts of excuses for

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

not walking: weather, job responsibilities, kids' schedules, and more. How can you get back on the fitn

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

ess path? Here are 15 practical tips.

1. Put walking on your calendar and think of it as an appointme

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

Combination pro

t you must keep.

2. Set a new goal. You may add strength training to your walking program or walk add

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

itional steps.

3. Work towards your new goal in increments. If you start to lift weights, for example

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

lift small ones.

4. Check your walking shoes for wear and replace them, if necessary.

5. Wear socks

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

that wick moisture away from your feet. When your feet are wet walking isn't fun.

6. Get a walking b

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

ddy. You may ask one of your best friends to walk with you, or invite a new neighbor to join you on you

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

r morning walk.

7. Start a walking group or join one. Companionship can be the difference between wal

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

Following aspects would a

king and not walking.

8. Bring kids and grandkids along. Your fitness model could have a huge impact

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

n a children's lives.

9. Cut yourself some slack. Fitness is a goal that takes time and is worth your

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

time.

10. Always have an alternate plan. If the forecast is rain, call your walking buddy or walking

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

group members and agree to walk at the mall.

11. Walk in place while you are waiting for coffee to brew

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

, on the phone, or watching television. You will be amazed at how many steps you accrue.

12. Make walk

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ng an event. You may go on a bird walk, historic walk, or fall walk and look at the changing leaves.

1

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

3. Vary your time and route. Variety can add spark to an "ordinary" walk.

14. Participate in a charity

.

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

walk. Check your local newspaper and the American Heart Association for more information.

15. Reward y

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ourself. You started out on the fitness path and you are still on it!

Copyright 2006 by Harriet Hodgso

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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