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When baby starts eating solids, it is a very exciting milestone, but it can also be very scary because the threat of choking is very real. You sh

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

ould be prepared and know what to do in case your baby starts to choke—it could save your child’s life.

Coughing is how we get foreign objects ou

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

Examples of combination products may in

t of our throat. If baby is coughing and can breath there is no need to interfere, but if baby is coughing for about three minutes then he is se

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

riously choking and you need to help him immediately. When baby (under the age of one) is struggling to breath, turning blue, or unconscious you

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

should follow these guidelines.

1. Get Help- If someone is with you have them call 911. If you’re alone, take baby with you to the phone and di

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

Combination pro

al 911. The 911 operator will help you the best they can until help arrives.

2. Position Baby- Turn baby upside down, straddling your forearm

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

at about a 60 degree angle. If baby is small enough you can sit down and this better supports you. If baby is too big you can hold baby on your

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

lap at a 60 degree angle.

3. Back blows- Give five blows in a row to the back between baby's shoulder blades with the palm of your free hand.

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

Back blows will usually help expel a foreign object. If object is still lodged, continue with chest thrusts.

4. Chest thrusts- If baby hasn't

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

returned to normal breathing or the object hasn't shot out of baby’s mouth, turn baby’s face up and take your index and middle fingers and place

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

them on the sternum bone in between the nipples. Do about five chest thrusts. If your baby is conscious, then you can repeat the back blows an

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

Following aspects would a

d chest thrusts until the airway has become clear. If baby has become unconscious, stop chest thrusts and back blows and do a foreign object che

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ck.

5. Foreign object check- If there is no sign that the object has been removed, check to see if an object can be seen. Open baby’s mouth an

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

d with your thumb hold down babies tongue and open the jaw and see if you can see anything. If you see something, try to remove it with the swee

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

p of your pinky finger.

Never ever try and remove a foreign object with anything besides your finger (i.e. pinchers, tongs or tweezers may seem

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

like a good idea in a stressful situation, but they can push the foreign object farther down and make the situation worse).

6. Check the airway-

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

If baby is still having trouble breathing, open the airway by doing a head tilt chin lift. Cover baby’s nose and mouth with your mouth and blow

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

two rescue breaths by giving two slow, light breaths. If baby's chest moves up and down then baby’s airway is clear.

7. Repeat the steps.... R

.

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

epeat the steps above until the foreign object comes out and baby is breathing on his/her own, or until the paramedics arrive and can take over f

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

or you.

Hopefully this doesn't happen to you, but it is always best to be prepared. So take a class at your local hospital or recreation center

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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