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Tom Nelson retired from the military almost twenty years ago. In that time, Nelson has spent many years living and working ov

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

erseas. “If my VA ID is fraudulently used by someone in the States, one: it could take me months to find out the theft has oc

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

Examples of combination products may in

urred and two: if it did happen God knows how long it would require to fix it from overseas”, Nelson told the Seattle Post In

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

telligencer.

On May 22 Nelson and 26.5 million U.S. veterans awoke to the news their personal information including name, ad

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

ress and social security number had been stolen from the home of a Department of Veteran Affairs’ employee.

Why the employee

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

Combination pro

took this highly sensitive information home is anyone’s guess and according to the FBI the computer disc containing this inf

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

rmation was subsequently recovered. What infuriated veterans however wasn’t the actual theft but that the theft went unreport

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

ed for two weeks.

The news is shocking yet many veterans groups are not surprised. They point to Congress’ Computer Security

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

Report Card which year after year has given the VA a failing grade. Government auditors also warned of possible security brea

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

ches at the agency. Through all of this the VA took no action.

VA Secretary Jim Nicholson’s recent proposal of free credit m

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

nitoring for veterans up to one year was shot down by the Bush Administration. According to the Washington Post the decision

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

Following aspects would a

is based on the opinion of the FBI which stated it had a "high degree of confidence" that thieves had not accessed the files

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

containing the names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of millions of veterans and active-duty military personnel. Hop

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

fully they’re right but for many veterans its now a time of wait and see.

Veterans can however request a credit freeze. Yes

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

it stops the victim from easily opening a new account but a credit freeze is the most effective weapon against identity theft

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

Checking your account every other day isn’t a bad idea either. For further information and assistance veterans can call 1-80

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

0-333-4636 (1-800-FED-INFO).

Peggy Foster, a veteran and VA services asst at the University of Colorado-Boulder, told the Co

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

orado Daily,” It happened to me before and everything was stolen. Now I’m very cautious about giving my information out.”

“T

.

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

he government bombards us with so much in the military. It’s important when you’re a veteran to pay more attention.”

With th

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

glut of information in our 24 /7 world, Ms Foster’s advice applies not only to military personnel but the rest of us as well

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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