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First, the freight broker is never legally liable for damaged cargo or missing pieces unless they assume this by contract or if they a

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

re negligent in their operations. So, what does he or she do when these problems arise (and they will at one time or another)?

The br

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

Examples of combination products may in

oker should be ready to talk to the receiver, the shipper and the carrier when these problems arise. But it's up to the shipper to fil

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

e a claim should they decide to. The shipper often times assesses a dollar amount of damage and then deducts it from what they owe the

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

broker. And the broker then turns around and deducts it from the motor carrier.

This is not the right way to do it. But this is the w

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

Combination pro

ay many shippers choose to do it. And the broker has no control over how the shipper wants to handle this.

Second, there are all kind

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

s of issues that may arise when there is damaged cargo or missing pieces. These issues are usually strictly between the shipper and ca

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

rier.

The carrier normally assumes full liability for any damage or missing pieces. But what happens if the carrier says the damage o

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

ccurred before loading. What happens when there is concealed damage that wasn't apparent during unloading? What happens if the carrier

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

is not allowed to observe the loading? How is he to know what the count is that he picked up? What if, what if, what if.

There may b

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

a lot of what ifs. But the fortunate thing for brokers is - these issues are between the shipper and carrier. The broker should only

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

Following aspects would a

play a small, intermediary role when dealing with these problems.

That's not to say that all shippers understand this. They may want

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

the freight broker to assume responsibility for clearing things up. But this is not correct. It is the broker's responsibility to know

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

where the broker stands in the midst of these problems. Otherwise, a shipper may intimidate the broker either out of ignorance of the

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

law or just sheer ignorance.

Unless you are an attorney, it’s difficult to keep up on all the court cases that involve claims and dam

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

aged goods. And from what I understand, a court may rule one way in one part of the country and another court may rule another way. So

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

there’s no “black and white”. It’s all gray area.

The facts and issues involved in court cases are bad enough to follow. Then you ha

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

e to try and interpret what the attorney’s are saying. Attorneys, to be blunt, don’t know how to write for the general public. It’s ju

.

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

st a fact – black and white. So, you have to try the best you can to understand exactly what point the attorney is making. And this is

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

n’t easy.

In the meantime, you have to live with the ambiguities the best you can. Things won’t change much in the foreseeable future

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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