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We are a nation focused on eradicating sex offenders from the lives of our children. They are in and near our schools, at the local parks, li

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

ving next door, and even in some of our churches.

The Phoenix schools, as well as their teachers, administrators and parents, want to protec

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

Examples of combination products may in

their children from sexual attacks and abductions. Together with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s office, the Phoenix schools have devised a pi

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

lot project to apprehend sex offenders and alleged abductors before they can do harm.

The plan of the Phoenix schools is simple. Two camera

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

are now located outside the school office of the Royal Palm Middle School, scanning the faces of people who enter. Each camera uses face-sca

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

Combination pro

nning technology, designed to compare the scanned faces with the state and national databases of registered sex offenders, missing children,

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 alleged abductors. If a match is found, a police officer is dispatched to the Phoenix school.

Law enforcement and the Phoenix schools are

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

hopeful that the project succeeds, knowing that anything that protects the children is worth any cost and inconvenience.

Civil libertarians

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

however, are concerned with privacy more than protecting the children from attack or abduction. They are vocally opposing the Phoenix school

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

s project, citing the potential issues of privacy violations.

Others say the technology is unproven and not reliable. According to Chengjun

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

iu, professor and researcher of facial recognition technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology, the technology is very promising but cur

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

Following aspects would a

rently is not foolproof. Many variables, such as lighting, shadows and facial expression, can affect its accuracy.

Ken Kaplan, engineering d

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

rector at Hummingbird’s Phoenix location and who provided the equipment and software for the Phoenix schools pilot, disagrees. He is confide

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

nt that facial scanning technology can be used to accurately compare scanned faces with mug shots and snapshots stored in the databases. He b

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

lieves that false positives are rare situations.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for instituting chain gangs and issuing pink unde

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

rwear to county inmates, believes that if it only catches one sex offender at the Phoenix school, then it is worth it. Protecting children f

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

om attack and abduction – or worse – takes priority.

If the pilot project is successful, both law enforcement and Phoenix schools educators

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

hope to expand it. The Phoenix schools want the technology in all of their schools. According to Arizona Schools Superintendent Tom Horne, th

.

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

Phoenix schools may very well get their wish. If the project succeeds, he plans to seek funding for cameras for all schools within the stat

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

e.

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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

One very unfortunate thing that new managers do is that they act on all complaints taking them at face value. But did you know that 85% of all complaints to our nation's regulatory bodies in the US Government are fake, fraudulent or embellished? Recent GAO study the government did confirms this. Most complaints are really BS.

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