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“All kids today do is play video games, text on mobile phones, and expect everything to be handed to them. The future of business in this country is going to be a di

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

saster when they get my age.”

The amazing part about that quote is the person saying it really believes that to be true. If you are frustrated with what you see as

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

Examples of combination products may in

the quality of your younger employees and are scared about what the future holds, allow me to share a couple of stories to restore your faith.

K-K Gregory sought to

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

make life a little more pleasant. At the ripe age of 10, she invented Wristies® to keep freezing snow out of her coat sleeves. K-K’s Wristies can be worn under mitt

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

ns or gloves. Fingers are free and cuffs stay dry. Her samples were such a hit with her Girl Scout troop that she took her design to a patent attorney. The result? N

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

Combination pro

ine years in business and going strong.

Richie Stachowski was both a corporate founder and a president by age 13. His product, Water Talkies™, reaps about a half-mi

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

llion annually. At age 11, Richie was snorkeling on a Hawaiian vacation. Frustrated that he couldn’t communicate with his dad about undersea discoveries, he came hom

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

e and designed an underwater megaphone. He used the Internet for research, his home pool as a test lab, and $267 of his savings for startup capital. Richie’s company

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

Short Stack LLC, negotiated with major retail chains to carry his product. Water Talkies™ were a hit in the summer of 1997 and have kept people communicating underw

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

ater ever since.

Kelly Reinhart was another kid in need of practical solutions. She designed Thigh Packs at age 6. The Thigh Pack is a holster for carrying a kid’s

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

necessities, like portable video games. By age 9, she was chairperson of TPak International, a company with nearly $1 million in orders. Improvements and patenting f

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

Following aspects would a

ollowed. Plans have been discussed with Pentagon officials to see if the packs could be used by the military.

Abbey Fleck was 8 in 1992 when she invented Makin’ Bac

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

n. This device hangs bacon away from fat while it cooks in the microwave. Abbey’s grandfather took out a loan on the family farm so they could produce the 100,000 di

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

shes Wal-Mart required for initial distribution. Now, Abbey and her father co-own A de F, Inc. Each year the company produces and sells about 640,000 Makin’ Bacon di

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

shes. Abbey really is “makin’ bacon” – her company brings in more than $1million annually in royalties.

Some people would see these as examples of children getting

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

lucky. These are examples of the next generation’s ability to create things to express their creativity and solve problems. Multi-tasking habits are allowing this gr

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

up to think on multiple levels simultaneously and discover solutions quicker, more creatively and better then other generations.

The key is to provide opportunities

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

to the younger age group to excel with their abilities. I can tell you brainstorming with adults is a challenge; it’s hard to get them to think freely because of ye

.

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

ars of constraints to their business thinking. The younger generation is prepared to change that restrictive mentality, when and where corporations will let them.

H

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ow will the next generation sustain your business? With greater flexibility and nimbleness – these are perfect characteristics for where the business world is headed

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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