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The purpose of this chapter is to cover additional considerations, guidelines and requirements to help the reader design stability strategies for drug-device combination products. Tests and challenges to be included in stability studies are considered from a regulatory and scientific point of view and these are also related to the stage of development of the product. A number of drug-device combination types including inhaled/nasal products, pen injectors, drug-eluting stents and transdermal products are discussed specifically.

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  1. Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NT, UK

    Jon V. Beaman

  2. Analytical Science (Chemistry) at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

    Roisin Wallace

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Beaman, J.V., Wallace, R. (2009). Combination Products/Drugs in Devices. In: Huynh-Ba, K. (eds) Handbook of Stability Testing in Pharmaceutical Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85627-8_16

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