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Concentration and Meditation

This article is a continuation of the earlier article “Yoga and Ethics”.

The two components of yoga leading to the last (eighth) are concentration (dhaaranaa<

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

/i>) and meditation (dhyaana); the last one is trance (samaadhi). As stated in the earlier article it is possible to practice meditation without going through the preceding stage

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

Examples of combination products may in

. We mentioned only the first two components. The third and fourth (aasana and praanaayaam) are in the form of exercises. We used the terms lower and higher yoga in the sense of

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

physical and spiritual. They were not meant to denigrate the beneficial aspects of exercises and meditation, but only to stress the point that they do not take one towards the main goal of yog

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

.

Paatanjali defines concentration as confining the mind in a limited mental area. The mental territory is vast though not infinite at the lower levels of the mind. Concentration involves lim

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

Combination pro

ting attention to as small portion of this territory as possible. One usually chooses an object of concentration. But there can be a movement of thought within the object itself. As long as th

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

ere are thoughts they will cause distraction resulting in an interruption of concentration.

Meditation on the other hand is defined as uninterrupted flow of the mind toward the object of conc

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

ntration. This means a complete cessation of distractions implying the absence of the thought process. And this is the definition of yoga itself as given in the very first sutra. Another way o

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

seeing the distractions is in terms of the degree or depth of concentration. If the depth is not at its highest point there would be a break in the continuity of attention. So the essential d

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

ifference, at least from a technical point of view, is uninterrupted flow of attention.

The use of the word attention may cause some confusion. Attention necessarily implies the presence of a

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

object or thought. But this is true only when the mind is operating at its low levels. At the highest level attention does not require an object. This may be made clear by an analogy. Suppose

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

Following aspects would a

a person is focusing his attention on a point. As long as it is a physical point it has an area however small and attention is spread over that area. However, when he is concentrating on a geo

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

metrical point that has no dimensions, the attention is not spread any more; it is focused on zero or nothing. This is the stage at which concentration goes over into meditation and nothing is

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

everything.

There is another significant point to note in this connection. In concentration one has to force the mind to stay at the object or within the confined area of the mental territory

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

In meditation the attention and its flow toward the object is spontaneous without any deliberate effort. When the mind becomes absolutely calm without any modifications in it (complete cessat

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

ion of the thought process) there is no movement and no distraction.

Of course meditation itself has many stages depending on at what level the mind is operating. The practitioner goes throug

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

successively higher stages and at the highest level he goes into trance. Meditation is beneficial no matter at what stage a person is; it is now a well-known fact that it leads to healthy bod

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

and mind. Not everyone can become an enlightened yogi; it takes a long time, even many lives to get to that stage. But getting started and having benefits even at the physical level is rewar

.

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

d enough.

Although concentration is not meditation it is an essential step in the practice of yoga. It is essential for success in any effort in life. At the initial stages of meditation the

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ooks often advise to concentrate on a light or even on breath. Even if the person does not pursue the spiritual goal, the power of concentration is a great gift for physical and material goals

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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