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The Panama Canal Railway runs the length of the Canal from Panama City to Colon. I was lucky enough to ride this hundred and twelve year old railway on

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

a busy Tuesday morning. Although many tour operators offer Canal Railway packages, often these are overpriced and unnecessary. The train leaves Panama C

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

Examples of combination products may in

ity from the Allbrook Train station every day at 7.15am and leaves Colon for the return trip at 5.15pm. The cost for an adult is $22 one way, for childr

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

n 2-12 it is $11 and for seniors it costs $15. In my opinion, if you’re in Panama and want to see the Canal in a way that most people never will, take t

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

he train!

We took a short cab ride from our hotel on the Amador Causeway to the Allbrook station and got on the train. I was surprised by the amount of

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

Combination pro

commuters who live in Panama City and take the train to work in Colon. Talking with a few of them, it seemed that most are traders who do business in th

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

e booming Free Zone, the largest duty free zone in the world. At 7.15am exactly, the whistle blew and we were on our way.

The train is modern with five

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

luxurious passenger cars, each named after a river in Panama. We were lucky enough to sit on the Rio Gatun car, the railway company did its best to put

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

the tourist on their own car near the front. We spent most of the time on a balcony at the back of our car which gave us the best views in the house. Th

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

ere is also a Dome Car that has been converted into a snack bar, by the time we found it, it was full of commuters eating their breakfast, having their

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

orning coffee and catching up on the news.

The tracks run for 50 miles, the width of the Isthmus of Panama and remain on the Eastern side of the canal

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

Following aspects would a

the entire time. The first land mark you pass is the Miraflores Locks. Although impossible to view the actual locks and gates, you can see the massive s

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

hips rising in the locks as you whisk past. You pass the second set of locks and the Centennial Bridge before plunging into the dense rainforest. The tr

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

p is only an hour long, compared to an hour and a half by car or 8 hours by boat.

The train crosses fingers of the canal twice and the bridges give you

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

a glimpse at how massive Lake Gatun and the Canal really are. Stretching for miles, the waterway twists and turns through valleys flooded a hundred yea

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

s ago by dams that make the land traverse possible. You are in direct view of the canal for about 70% of the trip and see plenty of large ships making t

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

he passage. There are also many smaller sailboats, fishing boats and private yachts that travel through the canal.

As you near Colon, you can see the f

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

inal set of locks before the Caribbean and then you are in the train station in Colon. The trip is a must do for anyone interested in seeing the canal f

.

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

om a point of view often missed by Panama City Tourists. We ended up staying in Portobello on the Caribbean coast that night and driving back the next d

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ay, so we didn’t get to see the Canal by train at night, but this is a highly recommended trip and one that I suggest anyone who visits Panama should do

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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