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The internet is a great resource of information on all kinds of topics, including religion. Unfortunately, there is also no shortage of religious intolerance 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 just plain bad information on the internet as well.

Of course, even generally trusted sources of information such as dicitonaries, encyclopedias, and textb

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

Examples of combination products may in

ooks contain some errors.

As an example, I have a Dictionary of Christianity which says that Lutherans believe in consubstantiation. However, if you ask a Lut

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

heran pastor, he will say this is not true.

Newspapers are presumably more likely to contain errors due to the fact that news stories develop quickly and they

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

don't always have time to verify all of the information being presented before press time.

With the internet, it is even more important to be discerning in wha

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

Combination pro

you read. Afterall, anybody with no training or credentials of any kind can self-publish on the internet. As a result, you will find all kinds of opinions on

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

the internet, and lots of information being published with little or no effort to verify sources.

As they say, "You can't believe everything you read." There

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

's a supposedly Japanese version that goes like this: "If you believe everything you read, better not read." Of course, in our modern society it would be hard

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

to get along without reading. So, it obviously would make more sense to adopt a few guidelines for reading in a discerning way to avoid being "taken in" by ba

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

d information. Below is an attempt at a few such guidelines with a particular focus on evaluating information regarding religious topics.

1) Consider the sour

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

e.

a. Is the author hostile toward the religion they are discussing? If so, they are probably not an unbiased and trustworthy source of information.

b. Does

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

Following aspects would a

the author go in for conspiracy theories? If so, they are probably easily duped by false information which they may then pass on to others.

c. Is the author

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

an apparently unbiased outsider? If so, much of their information may be from other outsiders, some of whom may be hostile, so they may be unknowingly spreadin

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

g false information.

d. Is the author a zealous insider? If so, they may be trying very hard to promote their own point of view with little regard to checking

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

facts.

e. Is the author an apparently unbiased insider? If so, the author may attempt to be unbiased, but may be influenced by information from other biased

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

ources.

2) Check sources.

a. Does the author tell you the source of his information? In most cases, the author is not the originator (primary source) of the

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

information. If they don't give their sources, how can you verify that their sources are trustworthy?

b. If the author has listed sources, who are those sourc

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

es? Are they likely to be biased or unbiased?

c. Some authors may include a very long list of sources in order to impress the reader, which also makes it hard

.

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

er to check all of them. Who has the time? If this is the case, try to determine which sources are the most important and check them first.

3) Verify accurac

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

y.

a. If possible, verify that the author has not misquoted his sources or taken them out of context.

b. As much as possible, verify dates, facts, and figures

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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