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If the neighbor’s Pekinese decides to scare off bad guys at 2:00AM in the morning, and does this every night, and you can’t persuade your neighbor to correct the situation, perhaps mediation or arbitration is the answer. After all, going to court seems a bit much, and committing crimes against the little $%%$# is probably counter productive. I 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 say this by way of introducing the fact that your long battle against the Fords or Mercedes’ of the world isn’t at all like getting the neighbor’s lap dog to be quiet. There are situations where arbitration or a dispute resolution process is entirely appropriate. However we want to say it right up front, after over four thousand five hundred lem ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in on law cases we have almost never seen a case where the vehicle owner benefited from arbitration with a manufacturer. It is an unequal battle that is but one step in a long war. The outcome is inevitable. To engage in this war is equivalent to a middle-aged, non-athletic accountant, dedicated to ribs and beer stepping into the ring with the you lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. g Muhammad Ali. You won’t even see that sweet left hook coming. Everything is on the side of the manufacturer. Sun-tzu in the "The Art of War" wrote, "Generally in warfare: if ten times the enemies strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, divide them; if equal, be able to fight them; if fewer, be able to evade them; if we here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe aker, be able to avoid them." I hate to be the one to break the news but consumers very definitely fall in the latter two categories. Consumers going into arbitration have fewer soldiers and are certainly weaker. In California two things level the playing field. A strong lemon law - the Song Beverly Act - and very experienced lemon law attorney d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro . We should have these things, after all California has more cars on the road than any other state. Lets look at a definition of Arbitration: "The process by which the parties to a dispute submit their differences to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent or statutory provision." With very few exceptions you ca 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 n forget impartial and mutual consent. If Saddam Hussein offered to arbitrate detente between Islam and Israel, I for one would have problems with the impartiality of his decision. Mr. Hussein will never be found on the moral high ground. Arbitration can be similarly unequal. Fairness, equity and the proper application of the law are what shoul 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 d occur in arbitration. If you want the consumer to accept arbitration that is sponsored by an automobile manufacturer, or where the arbitration organization receives most of its business from automobile manufacturers, then I give you the same answer Israel would give Saddam. "Forget it! Not on your best day, sport!" There are other factors tha nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically unfortunately work against arbitration being an equitable solution for consumers with lemon vehicles. Training Professional arbitrators are not necessarily trained in the lemon law, in fact it is far more likely that they have no training in the subject at all. Arbitrators are rarely judges or lawyers. Generally the arbitrator is trained in s 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 o-called people skills, how to negotiate and perhaps a smattering of legal knowledge. This is a subject area where a little knowledge is very definitely dangerous. Perhaps the arbitrator imagines he or she can get by on common sense and honesty. If it were true the consumer would seldom lose a case. Are consumers properly prepared for arbitrati ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi n? How could they be, even if they read the Song Beverly Act, or anything else? Even with all the facts, consumers don’t know what to expect. Consumers aren’t all lawyers. The manufacturer will send a lawyer trained to handle this sort of thing. The manufacturer’s lawyer may lie; that’s correct, lie. There’s not much consumers can do about that ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a except feel miserable. Whether the manufacturer s representatives lie or not, they will present a blizzard of bizarre possibilities, all designed to confuse and dilute the consumer’s case. Is arbitration binding? There is light at the end of this particular tunnel, however. In California, arbitration is not binding; it’s just another waste of dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod time. When the ruling is handed down, and the manufacturer is permitted another repair attempt, consumers need not comply, consumers can get a lemon law attorney and put an end to the endless games manufacturers play. Cost Even if the arbitration is paid by the state, what is often ignored is the lost time from work, expenses for experts wher cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin expenses are required, copying, and running around to get copies of missing paperwork. Then there is the time spent preparing an oral argument, trying to figure out how to answer the manufacturer’s defenses. Of course, if the manufacturer runs the arbitration, this is no arbitration at all. How long does it take? If consumers get this far the tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen y have often been trying to get the dealer/manufacturer to do something about their car for many months, even years. Arbitration adds another 30-90 days onto to the process. If the car is dangerous to drive what do consumers do? Are they supposed to endanger themselves and their families in an attempt to finally get the problem resolved? Should 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 hey do this, especially when there is a better than even chance that more delay will be added into the process by awards of additional repair attempts? This is hardly a fair and equitable solution to the problem. A little known fact All major vehicle manufacturers have networks of dealerships all across the country and even the world. Manufact ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust urers enter into contracts with dealerships. These contracts affect every aspect of sales, maintenance and repair of their vehicles. More frequently than the public ever discovers, there are disputes between dealerships and manufacturers. Dealerships want uniform arbitration procedures and laws to help them deal with these disagreements. Guess w y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products ho fights any sort of arbitration with dealerships? Exactly! The manufacturers. And yet, the manufacturer touts the benefits of the arbitration/dispute resolution process when it comes to consumers. What’s wrong with this picture? Remember, if the manufacturer wants arbitration, it’s not good for the consumer: Arbitration does not take place o . 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 a level playing field. At Norman Taylor & Associates we have seen enough cases to know this. The two sides have very different goals. Consumers simply want vehicles that work as advertised. The manufacturer does not want to give consumers a refund or replacement for their defective car and then be stuck with a vehicle that is worth half its cur elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip rent value, and may be impossible to fix or to sell. From the manufacturer’s point of view they have every incentive to make the entire process so difficult that consumers will give up and go away. Don’t do it, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer. With professional help you can prevail. Absolutely nothing beats winning a hard fought battle when you are right 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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