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Childhood obesity afflicts denizens across the social sphere. It is a problem for individuals

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

of all racial, ethnic, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds. It has been estimated that

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

Examples of combination products may in

half the United States’ adult population is overweight. Recently, it was calculated that abou

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

twenty percent of all American children are overweight. Obesity causes the growth pattern to

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

accelerate to an unnatural extent; one of the side effects of this can be abnormal sexual deve

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

Combination pro

opment in boys and the early onset of menses. What’s more, obese children are a lot more likel

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

y to grow in to obese adults. They risk contracting such health problems and diseases as diabe

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

es 2, gout, cancer, gallbladder disease, arthritis, digestion problems, respiratory disease, c

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

ardiovascular disease, and high blood pressure, among others.

What’s more, obese children suf

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

er from the psychological and emotional consequences of being fat in a society that considers

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

this image to be the opposite of ideal. Overweight children often have fewer friends, and more

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

Following aspects would a

likely to be stigmatized in social situations. It has been found that children tend to associ

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

te obesity with negative characteristics such as laziness and greed. Obese children often suff

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

er from depression and low self esteem.

While medical conditions and hormone imbalances are o

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

ten blamed as causes for obesity, the fact remains that these conditions account for less than

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

one percent of all childhood obesity cases. Nor can the problem be blamed completely on genet

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

cs, because oftentimes the problem has more to do with the family’s behavior when it comes to

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

eating habits and exercise. Since obesity tends to be a disease that effects all members of th

.

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

family – not just the child – the parents’ lifestyle must change also in order to instill hea

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

lthy patterns in the child. A positive attitude towards overcoming obesity can lead to success

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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