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This whole identity theft thing gives you the creeps, right? You’re not only infuriated by, but terrified of the thought of somebody sifting through your trash, brazenly stealing your mail, or hijacking you

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

r wallet not for your money so much as your social security number. You may even feel helpless.

While identity theft is a serious issue, there are things you can do to reduce your risk of being an identity

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

Examples of combination products may in

theft victim. The following is a list of just a few things you can do to protect your identity:

• Either purchase a locking mailbox or have a mail slot installed. For even more security, considered gettin

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

g a post office box. An unlocked mailbox provides access to extremely valuable information. Consider it this way, which is worth more: your $2,000 big screen TV or the account number and corresponding infor

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

mation of your Visa card with a $10,000 credit limit? You don’t leave your front door unlocked because you don’t want somebody to steal your TV, right? So, why is your mailbox unlocked?

• Shred all financi

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

Combination pro

al documents (bank statements, credit card statements, loan statements, receipts, etc.) and anything with your name or other identifying information not once, but twice! Run the document through your shredd

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

er and hand tear the shredded material in different directions. Now divide up the shredded remains into multiple trash bags. Ultra paranoid? Burn everything. Seriously.

• Treat your social security number

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

s though it were your child. Protect it at most costs (all costs may be just a little excessive…better to be alive and an ID theft victim than a dead man with a safe identity). Don’t freely give it out. Ask

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

for alternatives, if possible. I’d give out my social security number to obtain a loan. I wouldn’t give it out to buy an ice cream cone. A ridiculous example, but it illustrates the point. Don’t write your

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

social security number on checks. Don’t let the bank teller do it either. While she’s just trying to cover her butt, she’s exposing yours.

• Don’t give any information to telemarketers. Period. There are

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

other ways to get a good price on magazine subscriptions or to make donations to charity. The same thing goes for spam emails, but you don’t open those, right?

• Speaking of emails, don’t click on emails f

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

Following aspects would a

rom people you don’t know. Don’t click on emails from people you know when the subject of the email doesn’t make sense or says something the sender would never say. It probably contains a virus, possibly on

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

e designed to poke through your computer files and steal passwords and account numbers. You have a spam filter. Use it.

• Yes, you do need that $60 annual anti-virus/internet security subscription, especia

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

lly if you are very internet-active or have children. Hackers and virus designers work day and night, minute by minute, to swindle you out of your money, resources and identity information. This is one area

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

where you don’t want to go cheap. $60 per year is much less than the cost of a new computer or repairing your credit. By the way, keep these programs up to date. Most can be set to automatically update when

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

you are least likely to be using your computer, such as late at night.

• Be smart about your passwords. It can be a hassle, but passwords that involve your name, your spouse’s name, your birthday, or your

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

favorite sports teams are virtually worthless. A random combination of letters and numbers is best. Do you really want to throw off the identity thieves? Smash your hand into your keyboard. The result is y

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

our new password. Keep a file on your computer in a secure location with the password in it and copy and paste the password when you need it. Just be sure to copy something else when you’re done to clear th

.

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

e password from your clipboard. Or you can handwrite your hand-smashed result in a notebook and copy it when you need it. Inconvenience is the ultimate price of security.

Don’t let the identity thieves get

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

you down. The most important thing you can do is be aware of what information you are giving out and who you are giving it to. All it takes is a little conscious effort to limit your risk of identity theft

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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