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Technology has made it much easier to take your office with you, but recent efforts to secure borders and make international travel safer combined with the usual threats to portable data mean bus

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

iness travelers must be more vigilant than ever.

Right now you may be visiting Barbados on business or vacation and are reading this column while your laptop is in your hotel room. Or you may be

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

Examples of combination products may in

getting ready to leave Barbados on a business trip to Europe or North America and thinking about everything you need to take with you. Either way, have you given thought to protecting your data?

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

If you’re on the road most of the time, the benefits of a laptop computer are obvious – why be chained to a desktop? However, there are many safeguards to consider, especially since you can’t t

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

ke IT staff with you wherever you go.

It goes without saying that one of the most common threats to laptops and to the data inside is the dropping of a computer from several feet in the air. Whi

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

Combination pro

le some manufacturers of computers have developed technology to better protect the hard drive from falls, it’s not flawless. In addition, with tightened security at airports, you’re no longer the

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

only one handling the machine. You must remember that at least one other person will manhandle your computer when you go through security and might, albeit not intentionally, shake or drop your

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

machine inappropriately.

Aside from the potential for physical damage, there is always the possibility your laptop will be lost or stolen – that’s why protective measures must be taken before yo

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

hit the road.

While the physical hardware does have monetary value, it’s the data that is most valuable to any business traveler, so make protecting the data on the hard drive your first priori

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

ty.

For example, even if you can carry your laptop as carry-on luggage, it's a good idea to back up your data before you leave. If you’re connected to a network while in the office, be sure to u

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

se the backup system your IT staff has set up and verify that it’s worked. If you’re leaving from home, you should back up critical data to a CD or DVD.

Air travelers with laptop computers have

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

Following aspects would a

become accustomed to removing their computers from their bags while security screeners at the airport scrutinize them, but terrorist threats last year in the U.K. created situations where passeng

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

rs were faced with the possibility of having them banned from carry-on luggage. While those restrictions have since been relaxed, they could be instituted again. You should be prepared to be sepa

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

rated from your data when boarding a flight, and if you’re forced to check your laptop, be sure it’s in its proper case. If possible, do not check a laptop bag as luggage — instead place it in an

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

other piece of carry-on luggage that does not advertise the contents inside. This keeps it inconspicuous and the layering will help protect against damage.

These precautions make sense all of th

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

e time, not just at times of heightened security. Besides, you never know when a piece of technology may fail, so not only should you back up your data before you leave, you should bring the crit

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

cal business information you need for your trip with you on a separate piece of media such as a CD or USB thumb drive. If you do end up of having any computer problems, you can easily do that cri

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

tical presentation or demonstration on somebody else’s machine at your destination.

In the worst case scenario of laptop theft, complex passwords and encryption solutions make it more difficult

.

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

for the laptop to be “hacked” by criminals. This way, your computer may be gone but unable to easily reveal confidential information.

If you assume something will threaten your data whenever yo

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

u travel, these steps will ensure both you and your information, if not your computer, arrive safely at your destination.

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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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