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So you have seen the vividly coloured Guppy at your aquatic centre and have decided they will make a beautiful addition to your community aquarium, indeed you are right, and the flamboy

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

ant colours of the male Guppy look stunning and are the easiest fish to keep in your tropical setup.

However there are some things that you need to know about Guppy’s before rushing of

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

Examples of combination products may in

to buy them.

Guppy’s are live bearing fish which means that they give birth to free swimming fry, they also breed very quickly, imagine them like the rabbits of the water.

Once a fem

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

le Guppy has mated she will give birth for up to six months consecutively, therefore you must have a large enough tank to be able to handle to the vast amounts of new fish that the Gupp

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

y will introduce to your tank.

The first brood will be delivered after 25 to 28 days and will usually be around twelve to twenty fry, the second can range from twenty to fifty and cons

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

Combination pro

cutive deliveries of up to a hundred or more fry can be delivered, all within twenty to ninety days apart.

However not all the fry will survive, the mother will begin to eat her babies

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

after she delivers her last fry if they are not separated, and they will be of course vulnerable to other tank mates who will be looking for a free meal. The larger the brood that is de

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

livered, the more fish that will survive.

You can however help the survival of the fish along. Breeding traps are fairly cheap, come in various designs and are very effective. Floating

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

traps are both reasonably priced and are simply floated within the tank, the pregnant Guppy is placed within the trap near delivery time and the fry simply fall into a chamber below the

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

female safely. Once the female has delivered all of her fry she can be released back into the tank after a resting period of twenty four hours, any longer will stress the fish.

So how

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

o you tell if you have a pregnant Guppy or not? It is actually very easy to distinguish female and male Guppy’s, the male usually has vivid colouring along its belly and fins, his anal

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

Following aspects would a

fin will be long and narrow. The female are usually much duller in colour and have a rounded anal fin. When a female becomes pregnant you will notice her belly becomes rounded and bloat

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

d with a dark spot towards her rear called a Gravid spot, as the fertilised eggs develop this spot will become almost black.

Watch the female every day, they don’t all act the same way

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

but in my experiences they tend to hide away and try to find a good place for delivery, this of course is not always possible with the male Guppy chasing her around the tank. Because of

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

this it is important to have a ratio of at least 3 female Guppy per one male. It should take around four to six hours to complete the delivery but it has been known to take around twel

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

e to fourteen hours. Also in stressed females they have been known to deliver some of their fry then stop and give birth again a few days later. It all sounds very complicated but as lo

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

g as you keep an eye on your pregnant fish everything will be fine.

Although a great fish for stocking your aquarium there are dangers of interbreeding, the quality of the fry produced

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

by interbreeding deteriorates through the generations and therefore a new stock of male Guppy’s from you aquatic store is advised to help prevent this.

If you find that you have too m

.

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

ny fish than the aquarium can handle your local pet store or aquatic centre will usually be prepared to take them or buy them from you.

Often nicknamed the millions fish because of the

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

r ability to breed and produce so many fry, the Guppy is an ideal fish for the community tank and because it is almost impossible not to breed, Guppy’s are great for the novice aquarist

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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