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Can you be specific about what intimacy means to you? How about intimacy for your partner? In order to achieve passion in your relationship – to solve the Passion Equation – you both must recognize intimacy. Because intimacy looks and feels different for each of you, it may requi

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

re more thought and work than you realize. To Co-Create a Conscious Relationship™, to let each other know you are absolutely in love, you must develop the skills for intimacy. This assessment will help you understand the elements necessary for this step of the equati

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

Examples of combination products may in

n.

This free set of assessments offers you the chance to find powerful answers. If you are willing to take the time to reflect on these questions, discuss them, and be honest with yourselves and each other, it can help you on your journey to Co-Create a Conscious Relationship
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

>™ so you can be

Best Friends During the Day,
Lovers at Night, and
Partners for Life™.

The adventure of life gives us the incredible opportunity to learn and grow as individuals. I like to say that we do not stop learning, stretching, growi
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
ng, maturing, and changing until we are 6 feet under. What happens so often is we go through life unaware that we don’t know what we don’t know. In this fast-paced world, many of us do not have or take the time to sit, take a deep breath, and really think about the stateme
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro
ts addressed in these assessments. We usually do not reflect on and consider the impact the answers to these statements can have on our relationship. We must gain the awareness, learn the techniques, and practice the skills to Co-Create a Conscious Relationship™.

Take your
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
time to think about each statement and be honest. One partner should use a black pen and the other partner a red pen. Rate your degree of agreement for each statement on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being a definite yes and 1 being a definite no. Write 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
score on the first line to the left of each statement. The second line is for your partner’s score.

You may find it difficult to give certain statements a low score. You may worry that your response will hurt or offend your partner or create conflict. Honesty, however, is critic
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
l for the success of the Co-Create a Conscious Relationship™ program. Also, no matter what score your partner writes down, be supportive; do not get defensive, resentful, or angry. Thank him or her for being courageous and honest. All of the topics in this assessment serie
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
are covered in detail, with exercises, in my book The Journey from “I-TO-WE”.™

Conscious Intimacy
_____ _____ - 1 - We have Co-Created a zone of safety to share our most intimate thoughts and feelings.

_____ _____ - 2 - We each have defined our
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
ntimacy Language.

_____ _____ - 3 - We have shared our Intimacy Language with each other.

_____ _____ - 4 - I know my partner’s Intimacy Language.

_____ _____ - 5 - My partner speaks my language and I hear he or she is absolutely in love with me.

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

Following aspects would a
_____ _____ - 6 - I am inspired to speak my partner’s Intimacy Language every day.

_____ _____ - 7 - I give my partner an intimacy gift every day, unconditionally.

_____ _____ - 8 - I have identified any intimacy blockages I have and moved past my denials and fears
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

_____ _____ - 9 - We have a plan and work to Co-Create intimacy in our relationship.

_____ _____ - 10 - We understand that intimacy is only one step in the Passion Equation.

_____ _____ - Total Score

You have 10 statements for a tot
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
l possible score of 100. If your total is:

• 80 or higher -- You scored in the upper percentile – Congratulations! You have obviously taken the time to work, ensuring your relationship has the best chance to be successful. Though your relationship is strong, it can only b
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
enefit from gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. Good luck in Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship™!

• 60 – 79 -- You scored in the average range – Congratulations! Re-read the statements you scored low on and take the time to learn how to raise yo
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
r score. Consider Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship™through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques. You and the relationship will be much stronger on The Journey from “I-TO-WE”™.

• 0 – 59 -- You scored in the lower range – Congratulations!
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
You now know where you need to take the time to closely examine these areas of your relationship. It would benefit both of you to think about these statements, and work toward Co-Creating a Conscious Relationship™ through gaining new awareness, new skills, and new techniques
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
. Commit to each other to give unselfishly and unconditionally to do whatever you need to do to make each other feel safe, loved and cared for

I hope this part of this assessment has been enlightening and helpful.
When you get a chance, take the next set of thi
.

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
assessment.
Keep the print outs for each so, at the end of the series,
you can trace your progress on your journey to
Co-Create a Conscious Relationship.

I hope you and your partner
Gain the Awareness, Learn the Skills and
Practice the Techni
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
ues so you are successful on your
Journey from “I-TO-WE”™ to live your lives as each other’s

Best Friends During the Day,
Lovers at Night, and
Partners for Life

©2006 – All Rights Reserved – Glenn Cohen
“I-TO-WE” Relationship Coachin

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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