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It is the scourge of our age: identity theft. Thieves learn an important part about your personal information, such as your credit card number, and th

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

ey open accounts in your name and spend, spend, spend! Unfortunately, by the time you discover that you are a victim the damage is already done. Here

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

Examples of combination products may in

re seven steps you can take to prevent identity theft.

1. Guard your social security number. Clerks, telephone sales people, etc. will sometim

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

s ask for your social security number. Do not give this information out. Of course, certain government agencies require your social security number fo

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

identification purposes, but other than that no one has a “need” for your number.

2. Get a shredder. Yes, ripping papers up into little piece

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

Combination pro

can help but these pieces can also be put back together by someone determined to get information from you. Thieves resort to “dumpster diving” or “tr

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

sh can trolling” to find out important information about you. Once they have it you can count on your problems beginning.

3. Protect your mail.
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
> Thieves will make off with your mail if they think there is something of interest there. Purchase a locking mailbox if you live in an area prone to
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
ail theft. Notify the post office if you suspect any problems. The United States Post Office has their own team of investigators who really, really ha
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
e mail fraud.

4. Get your free credit report. As of September 2005 all three major credit reporting agencies -- TransUnion, Experian, and Equi
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
ax – must permit consumers to access a copy of their credit report for free on a yearly basis. To maximize the benefit of this law order a copy every
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a
our months from a different agency. Check your report carefully and take the proper steps necessary to correct any errors.

5. Review your monthly
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
tatements. Chances are you skim your credit card statements since it has gotten quite lengthy with all your gas, food, retail, and internet purcha
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
es. Thieves count on you doing just that! Pay closer attention to each item and question anything remotely suspicious. Follow the instructions of you
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
r credit card provider for contesting anything that is incorrect.

6. Do not call. Give telemarketers and all other phone solicitors the boot b
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
getting yourself listed on “do not call” registries. Screen calls with caller i.d. to filter out everyone else.

7. Protect your computer. Mak
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
sure that you are running the latest internet security programs, change your password regularly, and only purchase items through a secure site [those
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
with an “s” in their web address: https]

Should you suspect a problem, notify the three credit reporting agencies and request that a “fraud alert” be
.

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
placed in your file. Contact the fraud departments of the effected credit providing companies and follow up all that you do with statements in writing
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
In some cases your rights are only guaranteed if you send a letter, so be diligent to learn all that is required of you when you have been victimized

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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