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A good bout with the ‘flu can bring on such dark thoughts about life, as in I do wish people would stay home when they’re sick. Then I wouldn’t have caught this. For the very young,

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

the elderly, or those with impaired immune systems, influenza is an extremely serious illness that may lead to pneumonia and even death. ‘Flu shots can ward off the worst of influenza’s e

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

Examples of combination products may in

fects. However, even as a reasonably healthy person, you can feel miserable for several days at least, if you catch a different strain of the 'flu. A severe cold can also make you suffer j

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

ust as much.

So why isn’t everybody considerate enough to stay home when they’re sick? In no particular order, here are seven reasons why people come into work anyway, when they’re sick:

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

1. Financial reasons – their employer doesn’t provide “sick days” with pay, or they’ve had a rough year, and have already used them up, dealing with doctor and dental appointme

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

Combination pro

nts, or the illnesses of family members.

2. They still have sick time left in their quota for the year, but their inhumane manager informs them they’ve had too many medical absence

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

already, and can’t take any more time off. It makes the department look bad!

In both of the above cases, the only possible alternative is that they take vacation days. Some

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

people have those available to use; some do not. It depends partly on the longevity of the employee, relative to company policy. And in case you think the second scenario doesn’t happen, i

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

does, and far too often in businesses in the U.S.A.

3. They have a very heavy workload, which sits there, waiting for them to come back. No one else knows how to do the work,

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

or no one else has time, because their own pile of “have-to” projects is so heavy, in a typically understaffed company.

4. They think they have work that is so important that no one else

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

can do it. This type of employee also tends to hoard vacation days, and eventually has to be forced to take those.

5. They really do have work that is so important that no one else can do

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

Following aspects would a

it. A paramount example is the payroll in a small to medium size company. If that lone bookkeeper or accountant doesn’t come in to the office on specific days, none of the employees will r

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

eceive their paychecks on time. And the ripples from that can mean a crisis for many individuals. Even a poor soul undergoing chemo may feel obligated to come in too soon, so that others d

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

n’t suffer. Employer, where is your substitute, your temp?

6. Top brass has scheduled a strategic meeting that’s too critical to miss. At least, you are absent at your own peril. In some

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

cases, by not attending, you may find yourself out of a job. On the other hand, you may return to find yourself gifted with a new project that someone volunteered you for, in your absence.

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

7. And then there’s the bronchial executive, so full of herself and her germs, that she spreads illness to all of her employees without discrimination. We can always hope that higher mana

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

gement will notice, and tell her to stay home before the company grinds to a standstill. Yet sometimes, the only solution for us is to look for work elsewhere, before the next ‘flu season

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

tarts and we are knocked flat again by she-who-can-do-no-wrong.

No employee enjoys being around sick coworkers, especially those who can and should stay home, once they’ve re

.

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

alized their allergies are really something else that is contagious this time. However, if we recognize the reasons why they come into work anyway, we can be more understanding--where it’s

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

justified--and better prepared to handle them. This may include taking in an aerosol can of disinfectant and using it in our work area. Can you spell Hint?

© 2006 Shirley Ann Parke

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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