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The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive came into force in the UK on 1

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

3th August 2004. The WEEE Directive aims to minimise the impact of electrical and electronic

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

Examples of combination products may in

equipment on the environment during their life times and when they become waste. It applies

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

to a huge spectrum of products including Computer Hardware and it encourages and sets criteri

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

for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of waste IT equipment.

The enforcemen

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

Combination pro

t of the WEEE and RoHS (Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical

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

nd Electronic Equipment) Directives should greatly assist in the reduction of lead, cadmium,

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

mercury, and other hazardous chemicals in our environment. WEEE and RoHS have implications f

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

r product manufacturers, component manufacturers, importers, retailers, local authorities and

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

consumers. There are no exemptions for small companies in the Directives.

Previously, redu

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

dant or obsolete computer hardware was put in a back room to gather dust or worse still, thro

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

Following aspects would a

wn on a skip. These important Directives now make everyone responsible for disposing of IT e

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

uipment in an environmentally friendly way. However, there are still a lot of people unaware

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

that this law will affect them.

Laws that are designed to help reduce world pollution can ma

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

e an enormous impact. The ban of CFC gases has helped to reduce the hole in the ozone layer

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

and was one of the first initiatives that got both business and the general public thinking a

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

out how our everyday lives impact our world. Today we are used to the recycling of household

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

and business waste but more work in these areas is necessary. America, China and India are

.

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

ast contributors to excess waste and more initiatives, such as the WEEE directive, are necess

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ary to make manufacturing companies responsible for the waste they and their customers create

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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