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Yes, it's a living language--E

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

nglish is--but there still remain words whose correct pronunciation is less common than their mis

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

Examples of combination products may in

pronunciation! In addition to giving you the right pronunciation, I'll throw in a simple rule or

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

wo so you can figure out others on your own and not be afraid of embarrassing yourself with Pronu

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

ciation Gaffes.

(As a therapist for thirty-some years, I hate to do this to you--use the "should

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

Combination pro

word, but I gotta do it here.)

A Rule: When you have two "c's" together, the first C

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

s pronounced like a K, the second like an S.
ACCEDE should be ak-SEED
ACCELE

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

RATE should be ak-SELL-uhr-ate
ACCESSIBLE should be ak-SESS-i-buhl
ACCESS

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

RY should be ak-SESS-or-ee
ECCENTRIC should be ek-SEN-trik
FLACCID should

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

be FLAK-sid

Only when there are double S's are they pronounced with only the S sound.

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

.e. as-SESS.

Middle Eastern countries are very much in the news these days. It's nice to pro

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

Following aspects would a

ounce a person's country correctly. In the case of IRAQ and IRAN the I's are not pronounced "eye

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

, but a short i, as in BIT. If you want to get fancy, it sounds both pretty and authentic if you

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

an flip the R.

The A's are broad: Iraq is not "eye rack" It is "i-ROCK"; Iran is not "ey

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

e ran". It is "i-RON".

Here are a few of the words I'm hearing commonly mispronounced:

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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

/b>
CANDIDATE is CAN-di-date (Pronounce both D's)
ECHELON is ESH-e-lon
ETC. (etcet

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ra) is eht-SEH-ter-a (No K sound)
NUCLEAR is NOO-klee-uhr (Think of new and clear.)
PAT

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

OS is PAY-thohs (Not thahs.)
PLETHORA is PLETH-or-a
VULNERABLE is VUL-ner-a-buhl (Sound

.

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

the first L.)
SCHISM is SIZ-em

I hope this little foray to the dictionary will give you the

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

confidence to use these very nice words with the certainty that you're pronouncing them correctly

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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