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It is na?ve to think that in the workplace where many attractive, intelligent people who work in close proximity for 8

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

hours a day, 5 days a week, for 12 months a year will never, ever become attracted to one another or become romantica

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

Examples of combination products may in

lly involved. The problem comes in when office romances threatens to impair your work performance or cause such a stir

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

at the office that you and your new beau or the subject of the water cooler gossip or sly, condeming stares. This is

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

why it’s important for you to find out what your organization’s policies and norms are around this issue so that if yo

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

Combination pro

u are contemplating dating someone at the office, you can think through the pros and cons.

Before you hook up with th

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

at cute co-worker, keep these tips in mind.

1. Sex and romance do not belong in the office, so keep your private affa

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

rs private.

2. Don’t get involved in other people’s romances unless you are a supervisor addressing inappropriate wor

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

kplace conduct that is negatively impacting on an employee’s work performance or the work environment.

3. While more

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

and more people are finding love in the workplace, always remember that if things do not work out, it can be extremely

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

uncomfortable for both of you. And if the break-up was bitter, you may have a difficult time keeping things professio

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

Following aspects would a

nal. So make sure that you can handle the downside of a relationship gone awry.

4. No matter how attracted you are to

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

someone, keep sexual innuendos and inappropriate jokes out of the office. They could lead to sexual harassment allega

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

tions.

5. Sexual harassment is defined as “unwelcome” sexual advances, requests and other verbal or physical conduct

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

f a sexual nature. Harassment takes many forms so if you're 100% not sure whether or not the person you've got your ey

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

e on feels the same way, the safest bet is not to cross the line at all.

While there are many who have found their so

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ulmates at the office and are now happily married, there are also many who have had to face the downside of things and

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

as a result are forced to endure being the subject of office gossip, they've had to change departments, or dust their

.

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

resumes off and look for a new job all together. So the next time you think about asking that cute guy or girl out fo

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

r a cup of coffee or an after work meal, make sure to think things through carefully.

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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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