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Those who suffer from Fibromyalgia would probably never in a million years say what I am about to utter. I am thankful to God for being afflicted with Fibromyalgia because the sleep disorder caused by my Fibro saved my life, my wife's life, and th

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

e Mexican neighborhood in which we live in Guanajuato.

This morning was typical. The pain woke me at 2:45 a.m. on June 3, 2007. This is a normal routine for those us afflicted, so I really thought nothing of it. After 16 years of being afflicted

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

Examples of combination products may in

ith this disorder, I've grown accustomed to the interruption. I got up, threw on some shorts, turned on the computer, and went through about 350 YouTube videos for my entertainment. I can't turn on the TV since that would wake my wife. She need no

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

t suffer too with my Fibro. I put in the earplugs and watched "When Bears Attack" on YouTube. I read the news, checked our books' stats on Amazon.com to see if any of you are still buying it, and then I heard a disturbance outside our bedroom wind

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

w.

At first I heard a popping sound, like someone outside our window clanging on something metal. I looked over at our open window, and then went back to my 350th video of bears chasing hunters in the woods. Then I smelled the burning and heard m

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

Combination pro

re popping, crackling sounds in rapid succession.

I went to the window and drew back the curtain. All houses in Guanajuato have bars so you can sleep with the windows open. I looked out and directly across from our bedroom, not more than 20 feet

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

away, saw a taxi in flames! The car belongs to our good neighbor, Pancho, who is the must humble Mexican we know.

I screamed a well-timed expletive while slapping my wife's feet screaming, "Fire…Fire!" She didn't just jump up; she flew up out of

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

ed grabbing clothes as she ran for the front door. She then screamed, "I have to pee!" She finished dressing while sitting on the potty. I did not know you could put a bra on while making pee-pee but she did it.

I closed the window because, by th

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

is time, the smoke was overwhelming and I was coughing from my asthma. I grabbed the phone and called "066" which is Mexico's version of 911. The guy answered and, of course, my Spanish went right out of my panic-stricken head. He told me to say i

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

the best I could and finally I got it out: the problem, the fire, and the address. We had to evacuate since this car was directly in front of our bedroom and the explosion, which I was sure was imminent, would have taken out our house.

We ran ou

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

side to escape the very probable gas-tank explosion. Mind you, we live on what we in the States would call a dead-end alley. It is a typically narrow cobblestone street with houses lining both sides of the alley road. The cocheras, or carports, ar

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

Following aspects would a

e situated beneath the houses. The houses are elevated, as they were built on a small mountain, with the street having been cut through the mountain. These cave-like cocheras look like giant honeycombs or caves running up and down the street into

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

hich the car owners can insert their cars at night.

The flaming taxi was inserted into one of these cocheras with 4-foot flames shooting upward from the engine. Next to the taxi was a Volkswagen (its owner didn't even wake up) and next to the VW

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

was a hot-water heater connected to two tanks of butane. When we ran into the street, I could see no one else was awake. The flames were growing and the smoke was wafting upward toward sleeping neighbors. In one house, directly in the path of the

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

moke, there is an infant.

I began screaming in the street. I screamed as loudly as I could, "Fuego…Fuego" which means, you guessed it, "Fire!"

Someone heard me, actually most of the neighborhood heard me, but the taxi driver heard me first, got

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

p and ran from house to house beating on doors while I stood at what I thought was a safe distance away, and screamed my lungs out. I didn't know what else to do. All I could think of was when I was 7 years old; some murderous arsonist set our h

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ouse on fire. Were it not for a kindly neighbor, who had just had sinus surgery and was up in the middle of the night suffering, we would have been killed. This neighbor, with her 5 teenagers, broke down our back door and saved us.

I had to act.

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

had to get everyone up.

My screeching like a crazy gringo worked and everyone got out of their houses.

The police were the first to show and began fighting the fire. They were screaming about the gas tank exploding. All the neighbors stood 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

us in the middle of the street several houses away from the fire. The fire truck rolled in put the fire out, everyone was fine, but Poncho's car is in ruins. As is the case with most poor, working-stiff Mexicans, he only had insurance to cover th

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

passengers and not the car itself. Tragic.

Pancho thanked me for waking the neighborhood. He also apologized for his car disturbing us.

I was touched to the point of tears welling up in my eyes and simply said,

"No hay problema, mi buen Amigo.

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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