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The Hero's Journey (Monomyth) is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories a

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

nd Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have

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

Examples of combination products may in

deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188+ stage template.

Understanding this template

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

is a priority for story or screenwriters. This is the template you must master if you are to succ

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

eed in the craft.

[The terminology is most often metaphoric and applies to all successful stories

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

Combination pro

and screenplays, from The Godfather (1972) to Brokeback Mountain (2006) to Annie Hall (1977) to Lo

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

rd of the Rings (2003) to Drugstore Cowboy (1989) to Thelma and Louise (1991) to Apocaplyse Now (1

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

979)].

THERE IS ONLY ONE STORY

THE HERO'S JOURNEY:

a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectat

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

ions the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

b) Gives the writer mo

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

re structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

c) Gives

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

you a tangible process for building and releasing dissonance (establishing and achieving catharses

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

Following aspects would a

, of which there are usually four).

d) Gives you a universal structural template upon which you c

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

an superimpose your situational story. This is why stories such as Alien (1979), Gladiator (2000),

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

Midnight Cowboy (1969), American Beauty (1999), The Graduate (1967) and many others (all deconstr

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

ucted at the URL below) appear to be different but are all constructed, almost sequence by sequenc

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

, in the same way.

and more...

*****Period of Reflection*****

Every hero undergoes a period of

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

reflection. This is where his path (destiny, dharma) becomes clear to him. It is the (much shorter

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

) equivalent of wandering through the desert for forty days and nights. In Spartacus (1963), Spart

.

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

acus reflects on his past before coming up with the idea of building an army of gladiators. In The

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

Godfather (1972), Michael sits on the bench and thinks before deciding to embark on the dark side

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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