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—N.H. House Bill 1704, patterned after similar legislation in Maryland, would force companies with 1,500 or more employees to spend on employee health insurance an amount equal to at least 10.5 percent of their payroll. If they don't, they would have to pay the difference into a state health insur

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

ance fund. A recent editorial in the Union Leader states: "the legislation really is about three things: 1) hurting the left's favorite bogeyman; 2) moving closer to universal health care; and 3) creating 'living' wages." Organizations in support predictably include the N.H. AFL-CIO, state chapter

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

Examples of combination products may in

of the National Association of Social Workers, N.H. Citizens Alliance, and New Hampshire for Health Care, a project of the SEIU, but lobbyists for the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire and the Retail Merchants Association testified against what has become known as the Wal-Mart bil

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

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Maryland lawmakers have now overturned the state's Republican governor's veto, voting to become the first state to effectively require that Wal-Mart spend more on employee health care. This undoubtedly will generate similar activity throughout the country.

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

ar anti-business activity in states like New York, Maryland and California. No big surprise there, but such actions have no place in the Live Free or Die State. Anti-corporate groups are trying to use laws such as HB 1704 to accomplish what they have not been able to accomplish by getting enough v

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

Combination pro

otes for creating universal state health care. They have also concentrated on crippling Wal-Mart by turning local planning and zoning boards against it. The New York City Council's Economic Development Committee held a hearing that basically opposed the plans of Wal-Mart to open its first-ever NYC

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

store in Rego Park, Queens. "They have to make big changes if they want to come into New York," threatened a councilwoman echoing the familiar objections raised by organized labor against Wal-Mart.

How would you like to be penalized or handicapped because you do your work too well—for running you

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

r business so efficiently that it attracts millions of satisfied patrons? This is what is happening to Wal-Mart. Recently, the city council in West Covina, Calif., voted to deny the sale of land to developers who were going to build a Wal-Mart store on the site. The council was concerned that the

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

al-Mart store would "threaten" other businesses and replace higher paying jobs in the area with lower-paying ones. The banning of Wal-Mart is being considered by the Los Angeles city council and has occurred in some other California cities as well. How can a state government tell free men and wome

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

n where they may or may not shop, or to keep out stores in which consumers want to shop?

In my view, there is only one morally proper way to keep Wal-Mart out of any community: don't shop there. No one has a right to business success; they must earn it. Nor does anyone have a right to be protecte

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

from competitors through government and socialist type intervention. If Wal-Mart cannot make money in a given location, it will either not move there or will close the store. So far, however, it makes money just about everywhere it goes—and it does this for one simple reason: customers want to sh

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

Following aspects would a

op there. If I want utensils for my grill, I'll stop at Ocean State Lots in Ossipee to get them because I know I'll get the best value for my dollar. If I want a range of affordable items that will leave change in my pocket, I may also shop at Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart is one of history's most impressiv

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

business success stories. It was founded in 1962 as a 5 and 10 store in Rogers, Ark., and has grown into a worldwide giant under the leadership of the brilliant Sam Walton and his successors. It is now the largest corporation in America with sales of $245 billion, has over 4,000 stores worldwide,

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

employs 1.3 million people (all of whom sought their jobs voluntarily), and serves 100 million customers per week many of whom are shoppers who cannot afford the prices of the more upscale stores. Sure, it has put other stores out of business, but that's the way capitalism works. The TV replaced

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

he radio, automobiles replaced the horse and buggy, dry photo copiers replaced wet ones, CDs replaced tapes and DVD's replaced tapes. In a freely working economy, businesses that offer the best value for the dollar win.

Given that if Wal-Mart refrains from using eminent domain, as it sometimes do

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

es to force property owners to sell their land, we should welcome every store Wal-Mart builds, for by giving customers what they want, they make huge profits which in turn enables them to build more stores, hire more people, provide more profit opportunities to suppliers and create even more satis

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ied customers. In a very real sense, the low prices Wal-Mart offers make people wealthier since they can buy a range of quality goods that they could not otherwise afford and they can then use the money saved for other purposes. Wal-Mart should be admired as the quintessential rags-to-riches story

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

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Handicapping this company through back-door intervention with HB 1704 is political arrogance at its outrageous worst and is morally wrong. It makes the egregious mistake of discounting the impact of variables in the marketplace for the judgment of state lawmakers, many of whom have no corporate

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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

business experience or related academic training whatsoever, and who have no business deciding what is a fair amount of money for an employer to contribute to employee health care. As the Union Leader stated, "that is rarely a good idea..." Indeed, rather than be punished, Wal-Mart should be admir

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ed as the quintessential rags to riches story. This deplorable bill is a weapon to penalize this successful company for being successful. Period.

"There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft." —Bill Gate

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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