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Regulations governing how combination products are regulated

The knowledge of combination products and their regulations is essential for regulatory professionals. This is because of the high proportion of combination products in the market, as well as the array of regulations that govern them.

21 CFR 3.2 (e) has a complete definition of a combination product. A combination product is one that is made by combining:

o  A drug and a biological product

o  A drug and a device

o  A biological product and a device

o  A drug, a biological product and a device

A combination drug is one that becomes a single product and is obtained by combining any of the above.

The FDA has a number of regulations on combination products that drug, medical device and biological companies need to show compliance with. 21 CFR Part 3 has regulations that relate to how companies need to assign their combination products to the FDA for review, and Part 3.4 explains how the FDA goes about in its work of designating the review of these products.

Recent regulation from the FDA

The FDA passed a recent regulation: the Final rule on postmarketing safety requirements for combination products, on December 20, 2016. This Rule, which came into effect from January 19, 2017, sets out the postmarketing safety reporting requirements for products

o  That are termed as constituent products, meaning the parts of the drug or devices or biological product that go into a combination product

o  Which are deemed as combination products since two or more different types of regulated products have gone into it, and whose constituent parts have received an FDA marketing authorization.

The FDA’s regulations for devices, drugs and biological products have many similarities. Yet, there are unique and different standards, reporting requirements and timeframes for each of these regulations. It is to harmonize the variations in these standards, which the FDA believes result in inconsistent and/or incomplete reporting relating to post-marketing safety, that the Final Rule came into effect. It seeks to bring about consistency and completeness in the safety reporting requirements of post-marketing activity of these products and avoid repetitive reporting for combination products that have received FDA marketing authorization.

An understanding of the complexities and intricacies of combination product regulation

A webinar that is being organized by Compliance4All, a leading provider of professional trainings for all the areas of regulatory compliance, will give a thorough understanding of combination products and their regulations. The speaker at this webinar, Charles H. Paul, who is the President of C. H. Paul Consulting, Inc., a regulatory, manufacturing, training, and technical documentation consulting firm which is in its twentieth year of business, will be the speaker.

To gain clarity on the regulations that govern combination products, please register for this webinar by visiting How combination products are regulated

Learning session with value add-ons

Charles will offer valuable learning during this session for professionals who are currently involved in the manufacture of combination products or are about to submit products in the near future for approval. Charles will explain all the facets of combination products, beginning with their definition. He will explain the complexities associated with these kinds of products to an organization from the perspective of the constituents of the combination product and give an understanding of how to overcome them.

Charles will also present scenarios that will discuss how and which regulations apply based on the device and the kind of facility manufacturing it. He will facilitate easier understanding of the complex process of regulation application by providing a job aid that will be a value addition to this webinar.

Different regulations for different combination products

In explaining the various regulations that govern combination products; Charles will explain how the regulatory process applies to them, since the approval process for a purely medical product varies from that of a purely biological or a purely pharmaceutical product. He will also review the kind of actions that attract 483’s from the FDA to give a clearer understanding of the approaches for GMP and regulatory applications.

Charles will cover the following areas at this session:

o  Definition of Combination Products

o  Combination Products and US Regulations

o  Combination Product Approval Process

o  GMPs for Combination Products

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