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Are you and your partner experiencing some form of conflict? Is conflict leading you to avoid each other? When couples feel overwhelmed by conflicts, they find highly creative ways to avoid spending time with each other. When you’re not spending time together, it’s d

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

ifficult to Co-Create a Conscious Relationship™. This assessment helps you and your partner to recognize the avoidance behaviors you do and do not practice.

This free set of assessments offers you the chance to find powerful answers. If you are willing to take

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

Examples of combination products may in

the time to reflect on these questions, discuss them, and be honest with yourselves and each other, it can help you on your journey to Co-Create a Conscious Relationship™ so you can be

Best Friends During the Day,
Lovers at Night, and
Partners fo

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

r Life™.

The adventure of life gives us the incredible opportunity to learn and grow as individuals. I like to say that we do not stop learning, stretching, growing, maturing, and changing until we are 6 feet under. What happens so often is we go through life

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

unaware that we don’t know what we don’t know. In this fast-paced world, many of us do not have or take the time to sit, take a deep breath, and really think about the statements addressed in these assessments. We usually do not reflect on and consider the im

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

Combination pro

pact the answers to these statements can have on our relationship. We must gain the awareness, learn the techniques, and practice the skills to Co-Create a Conscious Relationship™.

Take your time to think about each statement and be honest. One partner

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

should use a black pen and the other partner a red pen. Rate your degree of agreement for each statement on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being a definite yes and 1 being a definite no. Write your score on the first line to the left of each statement. 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

he second line is for your partner’s score.

You may find it difficult to give certain statements a low score. You may worry that your response will hurt or offend your partner or create conflict. Honesty, however, is critical for the success of the Co-Create a Con

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

scious Relationship™ program. Also, no matter what score your partner writes down, be supportive; do not get defensive, resentful, or angry. Thank him or her for being courageous and honest. All of the topics in this assessment series are covered in detail, with

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

exercises, in my book The Journey from “I-TO-WE”.™

Conscious Non-Avoidance

_____ _____ - 1 - We love to spend our free time together.

_____ _____ - 2 - We do not use any actions or behaviors to avoid each other.

_____ _____ - 3

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

- We have identified and eliminated any avoidance behaviors or actions.

_____ _____ - 4 - We do not ignore each other by being selfish with our time.

_____ _____ - 5 - We know how to ask for time together.

_____ _____ - 6 - We spend at least

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

Following aspects would a

10 hours of “WE” time per week.

_____ _____ - 7 - We do not lead separate and parallel lives.

_____ _____ - 8 - We both have outside interests that do not interfere with our time together.

_____ _____ - 9 - We enjoy spending the weekends toget

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

her.

_____ _____ - 10 - We have made a commitment to be available for each other.

_____ _____ - Total Score

You have 10 statements for a total possible score of 100. If your total is:

• 80 or higher -- You scored in the upper perce

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

ntile – Congratulations! You have obviously taken the time to work, ensuring your relationship has the best chance to be successful. Though your relationship is strong, it can only benefit from gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Good luck in Co

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

-Creating a Conscious Relationship™!

• 60 – 79 -- You scored in the average range – Congratulations! Re-read the statements you scored low on and take the time to learn how to raise your score. Consider Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship™through g

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

aining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. You and the relationship will be much stronger on The Journey from “I-TO-WE”™.

• 0 – 59 -- You scored in the lower range – Congratulations! You now know where you need to take the time to closely ex

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

amine these areas of your relationship. It would benefit both of you to think about these statements, and work toward Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship™ through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Commit to each other to give unselfishly a

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

nd unconditionally to do whatever you need to do to make each other feel safe, loved and cared for

I hope this part of this assessment has been enlightening and helpful.
When you get a chance, take the next set of this assessment.
Keep the prin

.

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

t outs for each so, at the end of the series,
you can trace your progress on your journey to
Co-Create a Conscious Relationship.™

I hope you and your partner
Gain the Awareness, Learn the Skills and
Practice the Techniques so you are s

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

uccessful on your
Journey from “I-TO-WE”™ to live your lives as each other’s

Best Friends During the Day,
Lovers at Night, and
Partners for Life™

©2006 – All Rights Reserved – Glenn Cohen
“I-TO-WE” Relationship Coaching™

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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