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Some writers know in grade school that writing is what they want to do when they grow up. I was never like that. Even today, wi

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

th close to 15 years under my belt as a freelance copywriter, I still don't consider myself a writer.

I think of myself as an

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

Examples of combination products may in

ditorial specialist. But, I do write and get paid for it, so I guess that makes me a writer. Following are three ways that writ

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

ing has changed my life.

1. Freedom: As in, freedom from fear. When I started freelancing in the early 90s, I never dre

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

med it would turn into what it has.

I started out as a freelance copy editor, proofreader and editor. I didn't start taking on

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

Combination pro

writing projects until a few years into my freelance career. But, once I realized that, "Hey, I can make a real living from thi

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

s," it gave me a freedom I didn't realize I would come to cherish until years later.

Once you realize that your power to

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

make a living lies totally and completely in your hands, you walk a little taller, believe in yourself a little deeper and work

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

harder to keep it so.

I know that as long as my brain doesn't turn to mush (I have to work hard to keep this from happ

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

ening some days!) and I have use of my hands, I can work. There's a comfort in that.

2. Interest: As in, interest in th

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

world around me. I'm pretty curious by nature and I've always been an avid reader. When you write for a living though, it take

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

Following aspects would a

on a new kind of clarity.

I listen to the news for story ideas; I listen to tales from my friends for different twists on ord

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

inary topics; I take note of my surroundings with eyes open for the next great article.

3. Question: As in, question th

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

world around you. Because I write a lot, I also research a lot. I know that the twist of one phrase can give a whole new meani

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

g to a story, an article, a definition.

Take the war going on in Iraq. When we hear that over 3,000 soldiers have been killed

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

since it began, you might think, in Vietnam, over 58,000 died -- this war's not as bad.

But, when you hear that over 10,000 ha

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

e been wounded - many seriously, that implies a different kind of war; a different view of what's going on.

So, I question a l

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

t of what I hear, read and view. Is this the whole story? Were there some facts left out? Some "half-facts" put in?

The writte

.

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

n word, especially in our technologically advanced world, is a powerful medium. Indeed, the pen [keyboard] is mightier than the

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

sword - and all writers would do well to remember that the next time they sit down to write.

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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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