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Since beginning as a contributor to Ezinearticles.Com I have written 61 (now 62) articles. Most of them have had solid viewing figures, many have bee

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

n downloaded by ezine publishers and several have had comments posted. But none has had such high levels of views as my article "Writing Business Let

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

Examples of combination products may in

ers - Tutorial 1: Letter Format" which has had over 8,000 views since I published it on 10/7/2005.

I've been wondering why an item about something a

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

common place as letters could create so much interest. And I think I've found the reasons.

Before I go into those reasons, however, I'd like to tel

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

you the short story about a young lady who graduated from one of Australia's finest universities with a Bachelor of Communication degree. She contac

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

Combination pro

ed me one day and asked if I could teach her how to write a business letter. She'd been applying for jobs, but had no idea about writing a cover lett

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

r or any other type of business letter. I was astonished. I asked myself, "How could someone do three or four years at university, especially in a co

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

munication discipline and not know how to write letters?"

I think I already knew the answer. You see, I'd been a teacher in the Technical and Furthe

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

Education (TAFE) (post-secondary) sector in Australia for 10 years and one of my key teaching areas was business communication. In TAFE we taught st

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

dents the fundamentals of business communication including writing letters, memoranda, minutes of meetings and so on. These were topics not then cove

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

ed in Australian universities.

So, I believe that my article about letter formatting is popular because, while everyone is required to write letters

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

Following aspects would a

most people have never been taught how to format and write a letter properly.

All you need do is read some of the system-generated letters distribu

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ed by banks, insurance and large government agencies to realise that there are still people who have no idea about letter writing. And unfortunately

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

hey are being let loose to write letters that portray an image of the organization for which they work.

Recently, for example, my daughter sent me a

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

letter she had received from Centrelink, the largest Australian Government agency and asked me if I knew what it was about. She's pretty smart and I'

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

well versed in the written word, but we decided after reading it several times that it was incomprehensible. I suggested she contact Centrelink and

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

sk someone to translate.

Letter formatting and writing is such a simple and essential art that everyone should make a small investment of their time

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

and energy in learning how to do it. There are numerous templates one can buy or acquire that help with layout ... even MS Word comes with numbers of

.

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

templates for different types of documents. And learning how to construct the essential elements of letters isn't all that hard.

If you haven't lear

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

t how to produce a well written, well presented letter, make it one of your goals to achieve this year. I challenge you.

Copyright 2007 | Robin Henr

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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