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IN AN age where computers have become an inseperable part of life, nearly 60 million users suffer

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

from vision problems. The condition is called Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) and there are a mil

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

Examples of combination products may in

ion new cases reported each year.

It is characterised by dryness, redness, itching and watering

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

f eyes, including heaviness of the eyelids or forehead and difficulty in focusing. These symptoms

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

can cause headaches, backaches, neck aches and muscle spasms. And often people suffering from CVS

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

Combination pro

are not even aware of the condition.

Some tips to help you prevent Computer Vision Syndrome:<

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

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1) Get your eyes examined annually. Let your eye care professional know your working hours on

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

a computer.

2) Take frequent breaks while working on the computer and make, an effort to blink

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

epeatedly throughout the day.

3) Make sure you are not doing any other work requiring vision dur

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

ng these breaks as that is no relief for the eyes.

4) If you can see your reflection in the moni

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

or, you probably have a glare problem. Glare, reflection and overhead lighting will force your ey

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

Following aspects would a

s to work harder than is typically comfortable. Even monitors with anti-glare treatments may not

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

e enough to reduce reflections below the threshold on human sensitivity. Add an anti-glare comput

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

r filter to your monitors. Use drapes, shades, or blinds.

5) Adjust monitor height such that the

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

top of the monitor is at the eye level. Placing a monitor too high causes drying of eyes and pla

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

ing it too low may cause neck aches.

6) Position the monitor at least 20 inches away from your e

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

es.

7) Adjust room lighting to a comfortable level.

8) Clean the screen as staring through dust

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

dirt and fingerprints on your computer reduces the image clarity making it more difficult to see

.

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

9) The use of PC Magni-Viewer - a lens that is placed in front of the computer screen to create

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

larger images that demand less focusing power reduces the eye strain associated with computer use

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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