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As a Realtor, I frequently get calls from people that want to own a home, but have no idea of how to go about buying one. They may say, “I think I want to buy a house but I don’t know what to do.” Or, “I saw a house I would love to buy but I’m not sure where to start or how to do it.” Or even, “Can I afford to buy a home?” If you are thinking, “Yes! That’s me!” you’re in the right place. The question you should be asking

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

is this: Can you afford NOT to buy one. OK, here is dirty little secret number #1: If you can afford to rent a house in Waco, you can afford to BUY one. Let’s be honest, landlords don’t buy a house and then rent it for less than the payments, insurance, taxes and upkeep cost them. They are making a monthly profit on that house (or apartment) you are renting — you could be putting that money in YOUR pocket, instead of theirs

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

Examples of combination products may in

. The only real problem in making the transition from a renter to a homeowner (doesn’t that word have a nice ring to it?) is this: Can you come up with the necessary cash to buy that home you’ve always wanted?

Since most of us don’t have tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank or in a sock under our mattress, we come at last to the real crux of home buying, which is also, conveniently, the starting point of the

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

process of buying a home. The home buying process starts with getting pre-approved for a loan (called a mortgage) with a lender. Why start there? Well, if unless you do have $100,000 in a sock under your mattress, you’re going to have to borrow it from someone willing to lend it to you. And if no one is willing to lend it to you, there’s not really much point in shopping for a house. If in fact you can’t find anyone to len

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

d you the money to buy a home, a good loan officer should be able to point you in the right direction to get your finances in order so that you can buy that home you’ve always wanted. The other reason for starting with the lender is that they are typically the slowest aspect of the entire transaction. So it only makes sense to get them started on their part first.

Folks often wonder where they should go to borrow for a home.

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

Combination pro

There are two basic types of lenders in Texas: banks and mortgage brokers. They do essentially the same thing except that banks are generally loaning their own money and mortgage brokers are lending the money of others. Banks obviously loan money to reap the benefits of interest and while mortgage brokers charge a fee for making the loan while the entities that actually loan the money receive the interest. So, banks must

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

be cheaper right? Not necessarily. Banks also charge fees to make loans and sometimes they charge higher fees or possibly higher interest rates. How then to choose? I recommend talking to 3 or 4 different lenders and compare their fees and rates. They will give you a “good faith estimate” of what the interest rate, the various fees and your payment will be. A good place to start is with the financial institution with whi

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

ch you have your checking and/or savings account. Your realtor can recommend some other lenders that he/she has had favorable experiences with in the past and can help you make sense of all the numbers they will throw at you. As a general rule, a local bank with in-house underwriting makes for a quicker and smoother transaction than internet lenders.

The five stages to obtaining a loan are as follows: pre-qualification, app

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

lication, underwriting, approval and funding. The lender can’t actually approve the loan until you’ve picked out a house but they can “pre-qualify” you. Most lenders these days can do this over the phone in 15-20 minutes. They will need some information from you regarding your income and expenses. So it will be much quicker if you are prepared when you make the call. For income they will want to know how much you make each

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

week or month. This is easy for salaried employees but for hourly employees it’s a bit more complex. How much you make per hour is useful but then there are issues of hours and overtime, etc. Better to be prepared to provide a weekly/biweekly or monthly wage before taxes and Social Security and etc. are taken out (a few months of pay stubs are useful for making this calculation). You’ll also need to have information about a

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

ny savings accounts, stocks/bonds or retirement plans you may have, as well as any other sources of income (trusts, rent or other royalties, etc.). Then you’ll be asked about your financial obligations: rent, utilities, and other debts such as car notes, credit cards, child support or any other loans you currently owe. For any loans or other sources of credit, you will need to provide balances, and monthly payments at the lea

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

Following aspects would a

st. Of course, you can get “pre-approved” or “pre-qualified” without all this information in front of you but the more accurate a picture you can give to the lender, the better idea he can give you of what you might actually be able to borrow. If your estimates of these figures are way off, the amount that you’re pre-qualified to borrow may be way off as well.

With all the talk of pre- this and pre- that, you may wonder what

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

it takes to be “qualified” or “approved” for a loan. The answer: documentation. Unless your credit score is very high, you will need to provide proof of all the numbers you give to the lender. You will have to make a formal application for the loan at this point. This will entail an application fee which varies from lender to lender. The lender will ask for bank statements, pay stubs, and other documents to verify the in

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

formation you provide. It is very important to relay these documents to the lender as soon as possible after he requests them. When you make your application, the lender may give you the option to “lock” in your interest rate. This is not going to be a free option, however, and if rates don’t go up it could be money down the drain. If they do go up it could potentially save you a LOT of money over the life of your loan. It

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

may only cause your payment to go up a few dollars but ask your lender or realtor to show you the effects of the additional interest in the long term.

Your lender is going to review your application and accompanying documentation and relay them along to the most difficult person to please in the entire lending process: the Underwriter. The underwriter is the person that reviews your entire loan package and accompanying docu

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

mentation for accuracy and determines whether it meets pre-set guidelines. If the underwriter isn’t satisfied, it’s not going to matter how nice your loan officer is or how much he likes you, the loan is not going to be approved in the end. So, to that end, whenever your lender asks you for more paperwork, give it to them as soon as possible, that day if you can. This will speed the entire process along smoothly. Before you

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

r loan goes into underwriting, you will have to have a valid agreement between you as a buyer and the seller(s) to purchase a house. This agreement is called a contract and will be discussed in a future installment of Real Estate 101. Once the loan is out of underwriting, it is considered approved, but beware, things could still get messed up. If, for example you go and buy all new furniture the day before you are supposed t

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

o finalize your home purchase, you may find yourself unable to borrow that money after all, since this would likely unbalance the underwriter’s careful assessment of your ability to pay back the loan. Approval is conditional, you can get unapproved a lot quicker than it took you to get approved.

Funding is the final step in the process. This occurs after both parties (buyer & seller) have signed all the necessary paperwork,

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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

and the bank actually hands over the money so that the seller can be paid. Then you actually get the keys to your new home and the sellers finally begin smiling. In the good old days, funding typically happened at “closing”, the loan officer would come with a check and everyone would sit around the table and eat cookies, tell funny stories, and sign papers. It is becoming more frequent that funding occurs only after the unde

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

rwriter or a bank lawyer has reviewed the loan documents (and often takes one last look at your credit) and the money is wired to the title company who then disburses it. Sometimes this happens quickly but all too often it takes what seems a ridiculously long while and the smiles are fewer and farther between. In Waco, there are still a few lenders that do things the old fashioned way, it sure is a lot less stressful that way

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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