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Although bankruptcy might seem like an easy answer to your financial problems, it is best avoided if at all

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

possible. After all there are so many disadvantages associated with bankruptcy that it really should be a

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

Examples of combination products may in

ast resort.

If you file for bankruptcy it will stay on your credit record for a number of years. This will

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

make it practically impossible for you to obtain a credit card or loan. If you do manage to get one you are

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

likely to be subject to hefty interest charges and fees.

Furthermore, although it does not always happen i

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

Combination pro

you go bankrupt you may lose your home. This can be very stressful particularly when it happens at a time

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

when your world feels like it is shutting down around you.

Bankruptcy can also affect your long term caree

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

options. If you own a company you will be forced to close it and your employees will be dismissed. Whilst

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

ooking ahead, you will not be able to form a new company in the future without the court’s permission. You

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

an also lose your professional status and are not allowed to hold public office.

Given all the negative ef

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

ects of bankruptcy it is worth considering the alternatives to it. The Insolvency Act of 1986 introd

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

Following aspects would a

uced the IVA as a legitimate alternative to bankruptcy.

An IVA does not have any of the disadvantages atta

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

hed to bankruptcy. For instance there is no social stigma with an IVA as it is entirely private between you

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

and your creditors.

An IVA is a formal arrangement between you and you creditors. You propose to repay a c

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

rtain amount of your debt each month based on what you can actually afford. If your creditors agree to this

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

they will write of a certain amount of your debt completely. In addition they will freeze interest on your

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

debt and agree not to contact you whilst the IVA is in place.

An IVA allows you to repay your debt over fi

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

e years. After this time, if you have abided by its terms, you will be declared free of debt.

An IVA en

.

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

bles you to avoid bankruptcy and clear your debts. They can be excellent alternative to bankruptcy
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
> for people with debts over ?15,000, multiple creditors and who can afford to re-pay at least ?200 a month

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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