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“Today I have grown taller walking with the trees.” Karle Wilson Baker

We all know that exercise is good for you. And walkin

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

g is probably the easiest form to get into.

But did you know that walking plays a part in helping improve your environment?

Walking impro

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

Examples of combination products may in

es our quality of life because it helps to protect the living environment and natural resources. It can also be built into transportation s

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

stems.

Added health and environmental benefits come from the fact that walking is a pollution free activity. It’s also a quiet pastime. So

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

we benefit from cleaner air and there’s a reduction in traffic noise too.

“Walking is highly efficient in its use of urban space and en

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

Combination pro

rgy, it rarely causes injury and it gives streets vitality and personal security. Many car trips are quite short, less than 2 km, indicatin

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

that walking could be a feasible alternative and contribute to reducing the pollution from a cold-start vehicle travelling only a short di

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

stance.” C. Mason, Transport and health: en route to a healthier Australia? Medical Journal of Australia 2000

In North Amer

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

ca and in Europe, there are active groups who canvass for better walking facilities in the urban communities. They argue that walking opens

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

up communities and adds to the quality of life for all.

In 1996, Dan Burden formed Walkables Communities (http://www.walkable.org) in Flor

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

da. Walkable Communities purpose is,

“… helping whole communities, whether they are large cities or small towns, or parts of communitie

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

Following aspects would a

, i.e. neighbourhoods, business districts, parks, school districts, subdivisions, specific roadway corridors, etc., become more walkable an

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

pedestrian friendly.”

In the UK, Living Streets (http://www.livingstreets.org.uk) is a similar organisation who state their aim as be

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

ng,

“… the champions of streets and public spaces for people on foot. We work on practical projects to create safe, vibrant and healthy

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

streets for all. Local streets are a service that we all use. But for decades, traffic priorities have been allowed to overwhelm them, an

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

they have been left dirty and unsafe. Vibrant streets help to revitalise neighbourhoods and reconnect people.”

These organisations an

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

their campaigns to free our communities from excess traffic appear to make sense. It is true that motor vehicles create a large amount of

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

he pollution we find in the air.

The pollution created by vehicles can contribute to ill health. Illnesses such as asthma, lung cancer, in

.

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

reased stress and disturbed sleep have been found to be due to increased air pollution.

Walking on the other hand improves health, because

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

every walk reduces air pollution.

So, do you want to take a walk today? Every step you take plays a part in improving your local community

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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