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Top Reference - What To Do When Your Spouse Is Diagnosed With Skin Cancer - First 5 Things You Should Do
When you get a call, like I did, from your spouse telling you his dermatologists thinks he has melanoma, the first 5 things you should do are:
1. LISTEN
Your spouse will tell you every
1. LISTEN
Your spouse will tell you every
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
thing you need to know initially. What the doctor thinks the stage is (Melanoma is gauged in stages 1,2,3,4). No one will know for
sure without a biopsy, but they have a pretty good ide
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
.
No matter what the stage, it will have an initial distressing effect. In my case, my husband’s doctor thought it was Stage 4.
After you have the facts, there are things you yourself
No matter what the stage, it will have an initial distressing effect. In my case, my husband’s doctor thought it was Stage 4.
After you have the facts, there are things you yourself
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
an do. Even if it’s a speck, melanoma is a very serious, sometimes life-threatening disease, so you will want to consider No. 2. If it is a disturbing diagnosis, you will definitely want
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
to
go to No. 2.
2. CALL ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO HAS HAD SKIN CANCER OR KNOWS SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD SKIN
CANCER
If your friend has experienced it first hand (in the family), you will get v
2. CALL ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO HAS HAD SKIN CANCER OR KNOWS SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD SKIN
CANCER
If your friend has experienced it first hand (in the family), you will get v
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
luable answers to the question “What do I do?”
The answers I got ranged from the hospital where the individual got treatment, the doctor who oversaw the treatment, the opinion of that tre
The answers I got ranged from the hospital where the individual got treatment, the doctor who oversaw the treatment, the opinion of that tre
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
atment, where else the person got treated, the doctor who oversaw that treatment the opinion of that treatment, and any cancer organizations and/or websites you can go to learn about this
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
isease.
3. RESEARCH
This is the most important single task you will do. And you are just beginning. You want to learn everything you can learn, because you never know what you will
3. RESEARCH
This is the most important single task you will do. And you are just beginning. You want to learn everything you can learn, because you never know what you will
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
find that may help.
American Cancer Society AAD (American Academy of Dermatology) Institutes of Health – Skin Cancer
From one of these sources … friends, cancer organizations, interne
American Cancer Society AAD (American Academy of Dermatology) Institutes of Health – Skin Cancer
From one of these sources … friends, cancer organizations, interne
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 will find treatment centers near where you live.
4. AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
At some point, you’re going to join your spouse at the doctor’s office. At this po
4. AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
At some point, you’re going to join your spouse at the doctor’s office. At this po
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
nt, you will ask for a recommended Oncologist (preferably an expert in skin
Cancer, but not absolutely necessary).
After a course of action has been suggested, immediately find another t
After a course of action has been suggested, immediately find another t
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
op
medical center and doctor for a Second Opinion. And there is nothing in the
world wrong with getting a third.
Your spouse and you consider options. Sometimes there will be more
th
medical center and doctor for a Second Opinion. And there is nothing in the
world wrong with getting a third.
Your spouse and you consider options. Sometimes there will be more
th
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
n one option. This can be extremely anxiety provoking. There is no easy
way to deal with this. You can pray, you can ask advice, but ultimately you and
your spouse (or if your spouse
way to deal with this. You can pray, you can ask advice, but ultimately you and
your spouse (or if your spouse
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
is comfortable, he’ll make his own decision) will
have to come to a decision.
No matter which way you go, who decides what, sometimes there is no sure
answer.
5. AFTER THE TREATMEN
have to come to a decision.
No matter which way you go, who decides what, sometimes there is no sure
answer.
5. AFTER THE TREATMEN
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
As long as there’s another day of life, and when life is at stake, you must continue researching. Researching will be your best friend.
And if you don’t like the way your doctor is ha
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
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
dling things, or maybe he’s not showing enough interest with your spouse’s questions, or your questions, or what to do next, or anything that doesn’t feel right to you, get another doctor!
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Difficult as it is, we changed doctors 3 or more times. His second dermatologist overlooked missed something so staggeringly major, I almost fainted when I discovered it. At least ten
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
serious actions came to my mind regarding that doctor, but time and energy was needing for taking the next step.
I honestly don’t remember through what source … the paper, a person, a fri
I honestly don’t remember through what source … the paper, a person, a fri
.
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
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
nd, told me about a doctor back east who, when appropriate, imported a drug from France that was going through trials that matched my husband’s circumstances.
The doctor back east studied
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
our “case”, and agreed to send the drug.
In the end, I lost my husband to the disease. And we don’t know for sure that the
drug from France helped, but we think it gave him 3 more years
In the end, I lost my husband to the disease. And we don’t know for sure that the
drug from France helped, but we think it gave him 3 more years
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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