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Kim Snider is the host of Financial Success Coaching on KRLD in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. In one of her wond

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

erful blog entries (Kimmunications) she defines success in entrepreneurialism this way, “One is E + S + I = F

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

Examples of combination products may in

S and the other is .2(S) + .8(M) = FS. For those of you who don't like math, I can picture your eyes starting

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

to glaze over now, but stick with me. I am not about to get all nerdy on you.

“The first is a formulaic exp

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

ession of something [I have said] before. Financial success comes from thinking like an entrepreneur (E), sav

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

Combination pro

ing prodigiously (S), and investing wisely (I). Hence, E + S + I = FS.

“The second refers to my belief that

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

financial success is only 20% skill-set (S) and 80% mindset (M). That is true at the broad level and it appli

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

es to each of the three areas of financial success.”

Kim defines the potential success of an entrepreneur in

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

very tangible terms. In many ways the key to your success has a lot to do with your belief in yourself.

It m

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

ay be more interesting to think that a product will either sell itself or it won’t, but at the end of the day

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

your success may hinge on whether you really believe in what you are selling, your ability to sell it, and t

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

Following aspects would a

he long-term potential for business success.

It is a sense of personal investment that will allow you to tak

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

appropriate risks in business development. It is that mental toughness that will not allow you to play it sa

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

fe.

Did you notice that Kim said that E + S + I = FS? How you think about your business is important, but so

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

is the investment you can make in the business. A third element is also needed and that is the research need

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

ed to invest that hard-earned capital wisely.

Becoming an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart. You ha

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

e to find a balance where your thinking, available capital and investments combine to allow you to boldly ste

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

p forward to locate a place where your dreams can connect with the needs of consumers.

If you struggle with

.

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

saving or you aren’t really sure if you should do it, you need to earnestly seek to save in a more discipline

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

d way and refuse to take the next step until you can believe in that next step with every fiber of your being

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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