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I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. I am a victim and a survivor of identify theft.

How did I survive?

I created a system and prepared for a fight

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

. My system which included perseverance, patience, and organization made it possible to battle the businesses, the collectors and the courts. I won every battle I chose to fight

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

Examples of combination products may in

and I did not pay one bill that was created by the identity thieves.

Here are 7 strategies I used in my battles.

1. You are alone. Be prepared to fight this

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

ar alone and choose your battles wisely. The police will be of little help and the government agencies will even do less.

2. Close your bank account. Contact a

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

n account manager immediately, inform him/her what has happened and close your account. Next, tell the manager that you would like a notarized statement confirming that the chec

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

Combination pro

was a forgery and a notarized statement that confirms your true signature. If all goes well, open a new account immediately to handle your new transactions. If the bank is unco

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

operative seriously consider changing banks.

3. Get a police report. Contact your local law enforcement and request a case number. If you have to, demand one.

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

Don’t let them brush you off, it will cost you later. Make sure you have copies of the check or checks and the affidavits from the bank. The next morning go to the police depart

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

ent or court house to obtain a copy of the crime report. It will cost about five dollars but it will well worth it.

4. Contact the credit bureaus . As soon as

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

you have obtained your case number and the officer has left, call the major credit bureaus and request a credit report watch. This will be a bit inconvenient but well worth it.

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

n most cases if you call one of the bureaus you can file with the other two at the same time. The watch will be in affect for about six months and should be sufficient for most

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

Following aspects would a

situations.

5. Organize your materials. The major key to winning the war is to stay organized. You must make multiple copies of all your evidence and keep your

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

originals in a separate file to insure that you don’t mail the originals. Then set up files for every company or bill collector that contacts you and make copies of everything

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

hat receive or send. The paper trail is your friend.

6. Don’t trust bill collectors or the company. Don’t trust any bill collector or company to do things for

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

you. They are not your friend. They want the money and don’t care from whom it comes. Also watch out for a company and a bill collector to try collecting the same bill. Even aft

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 you have sent one of them all your information. This is a ploy to confuse you and get the money.

Warning: DO NOT PAY any bill that is not yours. Once you pay

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

a collector, the others will pounce on you. You have given in and have lost leverage.

7. Be patient. The whole process requires patience. Don’t panic and stan

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

d your ground with the bill collectors. If you didn’t make the charges don’t let them scare you into paying. They will use every trick in the book. They will even accuse you of

.

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

iling a false report to get out of paying your bills. You don’t have to tolerate that kind of treatment hang up on them and make them contact you again and demand to speak to so

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

meone else.

Remember you are in this alone, you must keep excellent records and never pay anyone you don’t truly owe. Remain diligent, calm, and consistent you will win the war

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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