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Some may think that brilliant men like Thomas Edison and Nicolai Tesla are rare these days but I know better. As a matter of fact I have a friend who is 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

certifiable genius inventor, inventing things like an engine that runs on tap water and a device that increases gas mileage by nearly 40%.

The thing tha

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

Examples of combination products may in

t the average person doesn’t realize is that the inventions generally do not come about as the result of a "eureka" moment with a light bulb image over th

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

eir head! Real inventions come about from testing and experimentation and finding all of the methods that don't work before finding the one that does.

I

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

had a great idea about 20 years ago to sell bottled water, all my friends told me I was out of my mind. I listened to them and now someone is a billionair

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

Combination pro

and I am not. I am writing this article to make sure you don't make the same mistake. If you happen to have one of those flashes of brilliance and you pu

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

t together a design or plan for it, make sure it is patented. The correct way to go about this is to use a patent lawyer.

Patent lawyers are experts in t

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

heir field and they can help you file a patent for an invention or an idea. That's right…it doesn't have to be a physical product, it can be just an idea.

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

Now, don't get carried away and think every idea you have is worth being patented. I am reasonably sure that if you were that brilliant you wouldn't be s

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

itting there reading my article right now! One of the things that you need to consider is whether your idea is marketable. The bottom line is that getting

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

a patent costs money and if your idea isn't going to make money there is no point in going any further.

The first step in the process of getting a patent

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

Following aspects would a

is to have a patent search done to see if indeed your idea is truly as original as you think it is. You could do it yourself by going to the government w

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ebsite at uspto.gov but a good patent attorney can and will do a much better search and save you a lot of time and aggravation.

The next step, assuming t

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

hat your search indicates that you do have a novel idea worth patenting, is to actually apply for the patent. There are two main types of patents, design

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

and utility. If it is mainly the design that you are concerned with then you should choose that option. If you are more concerned about how the invention

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

ill function, then apply for a utility patent. There is also the consideration of how long you are protected. A utility patent is good for twenty years, w

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

hile a design patent only lasts fourteen.

Obtaining a patent is not exactly inexpensive and you will have to come up with a good bit of money at the very

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

beginning. However it may well be worth it. There are fees to the lawyer as well as filing fees to pay the government for applying for the patent. This

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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

is why it is so crucial that you do your research and make sure that the idea is something that can be profitable in the marketplace. In any case don't go

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

it alone, always seek out the professional help of a qualified patent lawyer. A good patent attorney will save you time, energy and many sleepless nights

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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