FDA expects to receive large numbers of combination products for review as technological advances continue to merge product types and blur the historical lines of separation between FDA’s medical product centers, which are made up of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). Because combination products involve components that would normally be regulated under different types of regulatory authorities, and frequently by different FDA Centers, they raise challenging regulatory, policy, and review management challenges. Differences in regulatory pathways for each component can impact the regulatory processes for all aspects of product development and management, including preclinical testing, clinical investigation, marketing applications, manufacturing and quality control, adverse event reporting, promotion and advertising, and post-approval modifications.
A combination product is a product composed of any combination of a drug and a device; a biological product and a device; a drug and a biological product; or a drug, device, and a biological product. Under 21 CFR 3.2 (e), a combination product is defined to include:
1. A product comprised of two or more regulated components (i.e., drug/device, biologic/device, drug/biologic, or drug/device/biologic) that are physically, chemically, or otherwise combined or mixed and produced as a single entity [often referred to as a “single-entity” combination product];
2. Two or more separate products packaged together in a single package or as a unit and comprised of drug and device products, device and biological products, or biological and drug products [often referred to as a “co-packaged” combination product];
3. A drug, device, or biological product packaged separately that according to its investigational plan or proposed labeling is intended for use only with an approved individually specified drug, device, or biological product where both are required to achieve the intended use, indication, or effect and where, upon approval of the proposed product, the labeling of the approved product would need to be changed (e.g., to reflect a change in intended use, dosage form, strength, route of administration, or significant change in dose) [often referred to as a “cross-labeled” combination product]; or
4. Any investigational drug, device, or biological product packaged separately that according to its proposed labeling is for use only with another individually specified investigational drug, device, or biological product where both are required to achieve the intended use, indication, or effect [another type of “cross-labeled” combination product].
Combination Product Types
The table below has been created to identify and describe the 9 different types for a combination product.
* Note: A product that is a combination of only drugs is not a combination product.
Q. What are some examples of medical product types that are commonly mistaken as “combination products”?
Some FDA regulated products are intended to be used together to achieve their therapeutic or diagnostic effect but do not meet the regulatory definition of a combination product, This can be the case for medical products intended to be used together, for example, syringes marketed for general delivery of unspecified drugs or two or more of the same type of medical product (e.g., a drug and drug, or device and device) that are packaged or labeled for use with one another (e.g., fixed dose combination drugs under 21 CFR 300.50).
Similarly, combinations of a medical product with a non-medical product, for example a drug with a dietary supplement, cosmetic, or food, are not combination products.
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