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Lodge Safaris in Tanzania – I will try to avoid the travel clich?s of – ‘unique’ – ‘off the beaten track’ and ‘renown for…’ these tired and overused terms are used over and over again for almost every destination

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

in Africa! The lodge safari in Tanzania is the best way to see this lovely country. Tanzania has so much to offer, so many parks that have few visitors and high concentrations of game animals. Some National Par

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

Examples of combination products may in

s boast just one lodge in a million hectares. Your Lodge safari in Tanzania can truly offer a taste of what the early explorers experienced.

When choosing your lodge safari, choose a lodge with care. Many visit

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

rs want to see the great migration and the Serengeti. Some lodges are in fact hotels and although very nice; they do not contribute to that ‘out of Africa’ experience. What is called for is a camp experience; th

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

se private camps are ideal for the intimate African experience. So when you look to plan your trip do not go for the ‘lodge safari’ but the private camp safari. Your choice of lodge or camp is an important part

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

Combination pro

f the whole safari experience.

These camps are usually made up of a small number of tents; not your two man tent with no standing room, sleeping on the hard and sometimes damp ground. Not the cooking over a stov

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 and eating grass and sand with your tinned food. No, these private camps have tents that have large comfortable beds, bathroom en suite and butler service. The food is of the highest quality and you dine from

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

one china and drink champagne [or beer] from crystal glasses.

If you want to listen at night to the song of the African bush with the occasional distant [or sometimes close] roar of a lion; if you want to open yo

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

r tent in a morning to be greeted by Impala and Zebra grazing so close to your tent you could touch them; then choose one of these camps. If you want to be in a remote part of the park but close to the animals; i

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

you want to stand in to open plains of the Serengeti and not be joined by a caravan of twenty other safari vehicles then the private camp is the option above the mere mass tourist lodge.

There are several such c

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

mps scattered throughout the Serengeti. Your choice of camp will depend on what time of year you visit Tanzania. A good camp is Kusini Camp in the Southern Serengeti, small luxurious, and in an ideal spot from t

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

Following aspects would a

he end of December until March, as the great migration is in this area at this time. However, the rest of the year this camp is a bit isolated and animals may be harder to spot.

A problem with planning a safari

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ound the migration is that the migration follows the rains and the rains are notoriously unpredictable. Your camp may end up being in the wrong area of the Serengeti. This year the migration was in the Northern

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

erengeti at a time of year when normally the animals have crossed into Kenya. Many safari expeditions finding themselves in the wrong country!

This is a head ache for safari operators as a disappointed client is

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

not good for business. This can be solved with a ‘mobile camp’ this is by far the best option but also by far the most expensive option.

There are a new breed of camps emerging, the semi-permanent camp. This is

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

a tented camp that moves maybe three or four times per year. It will follow the migration ensuring that whilst the migration is in the Serengeti the camp will also be in the mist of the animals. One such camp I

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

have heard good reports about is EMC [Exclusive Mobile Camp – Serengeti]. They are friendly, knowledgeable, embrace fair trade tourism and best of all the camp is very good value for money. They have a web site a

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

d have an office in Arusha and will give out details of the migration and the position of their camp. This is great for tour operators and also for people wanting to plan a safari.

This is where the internet can

.

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

help in a positive way; to help you plan a safari that will truly be a holiday of a life time. There is no need to hope your travel agent will do a good job in planning your vacation. Take some of the responsibi

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ity your self and plan your safari; check out your destination and accommodation. If you travel agent or tour operator is not cooperative or flexible change them to someone who is willing to earn their commission

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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