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Good house design takes its form in part from the forces that act on it. Climate and weather are two of the strongest form-makers (there are no igloos in the tropics) since houses must be designed and built to repel the damaging effects of the world we l

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

ive in. Mother Nature is always trying to tear our buildings down.

Climate and weather also affect the comfort of our homes, and cause us to seek out ways to maintain the temperature and humidity of our homes within tolerable levels. A great deal of des

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

Examples of combination products may in

gn effort is devoted to keeping the heat in or keeping the heat out, depending on the climate and season.

This Old House

At times throughout American history, the forms of our homes have reflected - to greater or lesser extents - our i

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

genuity in making our homes' internal climates more comfortable.

Settlers in the Deep South built deep porches around their low-slung homes to shade them from the harsh sun and to create a reservoir of cooler air that could be drawn into the house.

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

Englanders built compact homes with small windows to shield them from winter winds and to hold in as much heat as possible. And prairie homes, often built of stacked sod, were half-buried in the earth to even out the temperature swings and to protect the

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

Combination pro

from the frequent violent storms that sweep the plains each summer.

Simple and effective strategies like these were necessary because fuel for heating homes was limited. We created houses that conserved resources; we didn't know how not to.

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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 changed with the era of cheap and plentiful electricity and natural gas for home heating, and with the introduction of the first air conditioners for private homes in 1928. Suddenly, houses didn't need to respond to their environment; any home could e

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

sily be kept as warm or as cool as desired using mechanical means regardless of the weather outside. Little thought was given to energy conservation strategies until the early 1970s, when the cheap energy we'd taken for granted became suddenly very expen

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

ive, and the climate-ignorant houses we'd built for decades became expensive to heat and cool.

That 70's Show

But then a very cool thing happened. Architects and builders across the country began to revive the "lost art" of designing h

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

mes that responded to climate and weather. Ancient ideas like earth-sheltering and thermal massing were used again. New passive-cooling strategies and unique ideas like the Trombe wall were invented.

And most interestingly, the houses using low-energy t

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

chniques took on new, exciting forms. Suddenly there was something else out there beside Old World inspired design. It was a fun time full of invention and experimentation.

But that era was short-lived. By the mid-1980s fuel was cheap again and energy-e

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

Following aspects would a

ficient unique home design was all but forgotten.

Back To The Future

So it's no surprise that we now find ourselves having come full circle, with rising energy prices and a revised interest in home energy efficiency. It's a critical co

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

cern in a time when some studies show residential buildings consuming up to 21% of the nation's energy.

Today's home energy efficient strategies are different than they were 30 years ago, however. Today the focus is on technology rather than on design.

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

ew materials are techniques have been developed that make otherwise climate-insensitive home designs (and there are plenty) better stewards of the energy they need to maintain human comfort.

Technical solutions can be expensive, however, since they dema

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

d that common building materials perform at a higher level. Windows have "high-tech" glass with low-emissivity coatings, Argon gas-filled spaces, and up to three sheets of glazing. Heating systems are running at higher efficiencies, and may come equipped

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

with programmable thermostats and insulated ductwork. Solutions like these do conserve energy and are important components in any home but the technology crutch shouldn't be leaned on too heavily. We also need better design.

Designer's Challenge

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

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What if, instead of spending hundreds of additional dollars on high-tech glazing to keep the sun's heat out, we more carefully located our windows to avoid direct sunlight in the first place? What if we used elements of the house itself to shad

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

those windows from heat radiation and UV rays?

Suppose we took better advantage of the ground's relatively stable temperature to stabilize the temperatures in our houses, rather than exposing every square foot of a home's exterior surface to the elemen

.

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

s? Instead of constant mechanical air conditioning to remove heat and humidity, why not try opening windows onto shady porches and let the breeze cool the house?

And what if we opened our minds a bit - stopped thinking so much about fashion and resale v

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

lue - and allowed the forms of our houses to be shaped more by how they respond to the climate and the environment we live in?

The surprising result might be interesting and beautiful homes that cost very little to heat and cool - just like the old days

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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