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Our campaign aims to raise awareness about industrial illness, particularly in areas with heavy industry, factories and docks.

Industrial Illness is the term given to medical conditions which was sustained in the workplace, the m

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

ain ones being: exposure to asbestos, vibration white finger or HAVS (Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome) and deafness from working in a noisy environment.

We want to ensure people who have symptoms understand what is wrong with them, 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

d why, and also know their rights to make a claim for compensation, there millions of people in the UK suffering from these conditions who aren't aware that they are eligible to make a claim.

We have built up one of the UK's larg

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

st databases of employers and workplaces where staff have suffered industrial illness, as a result they have instant access to insurers information making the process of claiming much quicker.

Asbestos - Asbestos was forma

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

ly regarded as a wonder substance due to its heat resistant properties. Regrettably exposure to asbestos has also caused large numbers of people to suffer from disabling and life threatening medical conditions. Since the 1930s it

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

Combination pro

as been recognised that asbestos was capable of causing disease.

Despite this the wide spread use of asbestos did not cease until the 1980s and exposure to asbestos still continues whenever and wherever it is removed. Asbestos ex

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

osure causes five main medical conditions. These are Pleural Plaques, Diffuse Pleural Thickening, Asbestosis, Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma. Some of these medical conditions cause breathlessness and disability. Others can be fatal.

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

None of these conditions occur immediately. It usually takes at least fifteen years after exposure for the conditions to materialise and for symptoms to occur. It often takes a lot longer.

As a result the Health & Safety Executiv

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

predicts that people will still be suffering from and dieing as a result of asbestos related conditions after the year 2030. Asbestos related conditions are not reserved for people who are still alive and worked with asbestos. Su

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

cessful claims have also been made by:-

• Employees who worked in the vicinity of other people using asbestos
• Family members who were exposed to dust brought home on relatives clothing
• Occupiers of premises where as

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

estos existed or was removed
• Relatives of family members who have died from Asbestos related disease

Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) - is vibration which reaches the hands whilst working with handheld power tools

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

Following aspects would a

hand-guided machinery, or by holding materials against a moving surface.

Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) is the collective term for a range of long-term injuries to arms, hands, wrists, fingers or thumbs resulting from prolon

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ed exposure to hand transmitted vibration. Damage occurs to the circulation and nerve supply to the hands, the symptoms of which include blanching (whitening), numbness, tingling and loss of nerve function.

(VWF), the most well k

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

own form of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome or HAVS, results from damage to the blood circulatory system. Typically, fingers become white when cold and then red and painful when warmed up again.

It is estimated that around five milli

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

n people are exposed to hand arm vibration (HAVS) with some two million being regularly exposed at levels where there are clear risks of developing disease.

Deafness - Noise Induced Hearing Loss - In 1963 the Government pr

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

duced a document confirming that noise at work could cause hearing loss and tinnitus (noises in the ear). Since then employers have been required to assess the level of noise within their work place.

Where the noise was assessed

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

s being excessive they have been required to take reasonable steps to reduce the noise levels. Where this has not proved possible they have been required to provide and enforce the wearing of hearing protection.

Many employers ha

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

e failed to follow Government guidance relating to noise at work. As a result tens of thousands of employees have had their hearing damaged by their employment. There are many jobs which create excessive noise.

It is a popular mi

.

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

conception that you have to operate machinery for your hearing to be damaged. In fact a lot of Claimants with noise induced hearing loss simply worked in a noisy factory. If the noise to which you were exposed at work was so loud

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

hat you had to shout to make yourself heard then the chances are that your hearing was damaged by your employment.

You can get free advice and much more information on specific illnesses and diseases at http://www.pintopotts.co.u

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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