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1. Taking everything on yourself

The business owner and/or their spouse try to do it all themselves (even though they don't really understand what they should be doing, even t

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

hough they really don't like doing it, and even though they are busier than they've ever been in their lives before trying to do all the things that go with running your own bu

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

Examples of combination products may in

iness).

2. Buying goods or services with cash or personal credit card and then failing to record these transactions at all in the books, or recording them incorrectly.

3. Not

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

properly dealing with employees.

If someone works for you, even for a short period of time, you need to consider whether they are an employee. If they are not going to go ont

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

the payroll, make sure they are going to give you an invoice - no invoice, no payment!

The task of deciding whether someone is an employee is not made easier with the status

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

Combination pro

ndicator tool provided by the Revenue & Customs , for all but the most clear cut cases, this tool directs emp

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

loyment. Which of course is what they would say!

4. Not reconciling the bank account

Making sure that what is on the bank statements is the same as the books. This gives reas

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

urance that no bank payments or receipts have been either missed or duplicated. It gives great reassurance that the books are right.

5. Not using the right system.

What is th

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

e best system for the business? For a business which needs to track credit given to customers and money owed to suppliers, it would be silly not to use a computer. For a busine

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 which can get by tracking just payments and receipts, it will still save lots of time using the right computer system.

6. Backup

If you are using a computer system - its es

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

ential to back it up. It costs very little and takes very little time. There really is no excuse not to!

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

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dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

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7. Getting the right categories set up.

Bookkeeping is really organising information into pigeon holes. Keep your system simple and use it consist

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

ently. 20 to 30 account headings (or categories) is probably about right, 50 would usually be too many.

8. Not having a seperate business bank account

Yes you need a seperate

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

bank account. Even if you just have one let property, I advise a seperate bank account. It makes everything much clearer and simpler and avoids unnecessary work.

Also should H

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

Revenue & Customs ask to see the business records, they would expect to see a business bank account. Having to provide statements for a 'mixed' private and business account wo

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

uld lead to requests to explain all the non-business bank receipts, and probably more explanations on top!

9. Losing paperwork

Unfortunately HM Revenue and Customs do expect

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

ou to keep all the receipts for your business expenditure. Be organised, file things away systematically, usually just date order is best.

10. Not dealing with VAT properly

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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

et on the right scheme. For a small business, often vat flat rate scheme is best.

Common mistakes are:

Not registering as soon as taxable sales exceed the level where registr

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

tion is required, with effect from 1 April 2007 this became ?64,000 (up from ?61,000).

Not accounting properly for VAT on fuel for private use.

Not adjusting VAT on bad debts

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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