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Recent research has uncovered interesting and startling information regarding child obesity. Children today are eating way too much and their physical activity has g

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

one way down. We can blame technology on this startling turn of events. Most children only get any type of physical activity at school. When they reach home, it is

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

Examples of combination products may in

off to the television, the playstation, the computer, or the most recent PS2. All of this technology has made children live sedentary lives at such early ages.

Whi

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

e children are engaging in their favorite activity of watching television or playing their favorite computer games, they are indulging in snack foods. The worst snac

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

k foods for children are the snack food of choice – potato chips, candy, cookies, cakes, etc. If children were eating more healthily, child obesity statistics would

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

Combination pro

hange for the better.

In order for children to overcome obesity, the whole family must take a part. The family must change the lifestyle to one more conducive to he

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

alth and fitness. The entire family has to be willing to adapt to a better way of eating while focusing on the obese child. A few things a family can do to begin th

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

cycle of overcoming obesity are:

1. Change food preparation methods.
2. Avoid purchasing snack foods, replace with fruits and vegetables.
3. Set meal time

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

s at the same time daily for the entire family.
4. Make sure children do not skip any meals.
5. Schedule family exercise time.

These changes should be made

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

gradually and with precision. Remember the child obesity did not come about all at once, so the changes should not occur all at once. Making too many changes all at

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

one time will make the obese child rebel against the change. The parents must take control over the obese child and take slow drastic measures to correct the proble

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

Following aspects would a

m.

Measurable changes make it easy to keep track of the child’s progress. Reward the child at set benchmarks. This will make the child want to strive to get to the

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

next benchmark to see what type of reward he/she will get. Some rewards for the child reaching a set benchmark are:

1. A family outing to bowling, a movie, skating

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

or bicycling.
2. Allow the child to watch his favorite television program a little later than usual.
3. Allow the child to have a small party with a few of

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

is friends to celebrate his/her success at reaching a benchmark.

Any of these rewards will make the child raise his self-esteem and feel much better about the change

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

s made to his/her lifestyle.

Statistics show that between five and twenty-five percent of the children and teenagers in this country today are obese. Families must

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

evelop a healthy-weight regimen for the entire family putting most of the focus on the obese child. The child cannot overcome his/her situation of obesity without th

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

e help of the family.

The environment in the home must be health conscious. Family physical activities must be incorporated into the home environment. Children emu

.

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

ate what they see. If the obese child sees the family eating healthy and taking an active part in physical activities, he/she will most likely take an active part in

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

what he/she sees his/her family doing. Change is hard in any situation but success for the obese child would be attainable if the family is consistent with the plan

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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