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The Santa Monica Municipal Pier opened to the public on September 9, 1909 after 16 months of construction. Thousands of people attended and enjoyed a day of bands

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

playing, swimming races and the novelty of walking the 1600 foot wooden pier. After opening day, the pier continued to be a success, drawing huge crowds every day.

; 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 excitement and number of visitors soon attracted the attention of Charles Looff, a pioneer amusement park entrepreneur. (This is the same Charles Looff who b

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

uilt the first carousel at Coney Island.) He felt an amusement park at this location would be very successful and opened negotiations with the City of Santa Monica

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 build a second pier beside the Minicipal Pier.

Construction of Looff's pier began in 1916. During its long history, it featured the Hippodrome building - which

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

Combination pro

housed a succession of carousel rides and Wurlitzer organs. Other attractions such as the Blue Streak Rader and the Whip and Aeroscope thrill rides were also adde

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

d. Such was the draw of Looff's pier, that it quickly grew from its original legnth of 270 feet to a whopping 1080 feet in length.

The pier's popularity continued

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

to grow through the decades. In 1924, the La Monica Ballroom opened and was the site of some of the nation's earliest radio broadcasts. It was also the place to go

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

at night for dancing and live bands. In the 1930's, the pier continued to see heavy use but the elements and changing tastes began to take their toll and the pier

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

lost much of its glamour.

As the piers continued to deteriorate due to weather conditions and lack of maintenance, the city made noises about closing it down and

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

tearing the piers down for safety reasons. This created a backlash and the citizens formed the "Save our Pier Forever" initiative and after a long period of time,

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

Following aspects would a

won the right to get the area declared a historical landmark and get restoration started.

In 1981, reconstruction and restoration began and despite challenges and

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

bad weather, good news was just around the corner as in 1983, the U.S. Governemnt declared the Hippodrome and its carousel a National Historic Landmark - ensuring

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

the pier's survival for future generations.

In 1988, the Santa Monica Pier Development Program was adopted and the rest of the pier was rebuilt in a way to withs

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

and the violent storms that caused so much damage in the past. Added to that, a variety of food and entertainment outlets were built as well as a top rated amuseme

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

nt park further enhancing the modern Santa Monica Pier.

Due to the restoration and careful planning of activities/facilities, the Santa Monica pier is on an upswi

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ng again and hosts more than three million people a ywar - including its famous "Twilight Dance Series" every Thursday night in the summer that attracts upwards of

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

10 thousand people to listen to live bands and dance and have a good time. And along with this has come the important in town infrastrucutre, many new quality Sant

.

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

a Monica hotels, restaurants and shops for people to enjoy for their vacation there.

Being declared a National Historic Landmark is what saved the pier from total

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

destruction. But it is the energy and vibrancy of the world class entertainment opportunities all year long that will ensure its claim to fame for decades to come

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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