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Presently there is none of the region / country which is not yet hit by evil of obesity. Whether it is a developed or developing nation, all faces common health hazard which is termed as ‘Obesity’. Obesit

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

y which in usual terms means over weight is not only the overweight problem, buts its consequences are severe. Obesity in medical terms relates to unwanted or excess fat in our body (in the form of adipose

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

Examples of combination products may in

tissue). The main problem which lies behind its immense widespread in developed nations (mainly Australia) is lack of ignorance among the common mass.

Obese people are highly prone to - Heart diseases,

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

stroke or brain attack, diabetes, cancer of the gall bladder, Osteoarthritis (wearing away of joints), Gout, breathing problem, high cholesterol, high blood pressure etc.

Recent studies from Medical Jo

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

rnal of Australia 174:561-4 shows that 47% of women and 63% of men are overweight or obese in Australia, where seven million adult Australians aged 25 years and over (60%) were overweight. Of these, over

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

Combination pro

two million (21%) were found obese according to the 1999-2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study.

It is found that Males were more likely to be overweight as compared to females, with 67% an

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

52% respectively.

There have been significant increases in the proportions of overweight and obese Australians over the last 20 years. From 1980 to 1999-2000, for people aged 25-64 years, the proportion

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

f overweight women increased from 27% to 47%, and the proportion of overweight men increased from 47% to 66%.

On average, women in 1999 weighed 4.8 kg more than their counterparts in 1980, and men 3.6 kg

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

more.

So now the question arises why the obesity is such a drastic threat in Australia. The reason behind that are simple and explainable. The obesity is usually caused by excessive intake of fat which i

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

a common say but that’s not always true, because once you go back in late 70’s or 80’s we find that we as a common layman are intaking fat via our food but the problem of obesity was rare, but now-a-days

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

entire life style of people has changed. Today when the day begins a child leave his/her breakfast (which consist of vitamins, proteins) and went to the school, in the interval he/she consumes the fast foo

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

Following aspects would a

ds including pizza’s, burgers or soft drinks which are highly calorific and mild toxic. Similar problem is with the senior ones, the same problem has been seen in various corporate’s where employee work u

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

der 24X7 work environment in such a case there is no regular lunches or breakfast, also their busy schedule increases their intake of fast and junk food as these are easy to order and consume. We find this

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

even in the households whenever we found that there is nothing to eat and its not the time to cook we either call for a pizza or prefer a burger and enjoy our meals, this is true if we explain it with ref

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

rence to time and also it is delicious. I am not discouraging the pizza parlours, ice creams or burgers, but what we can do is to limit their intake and encourage more vegetables, fruits in our daily diet

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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

But still most of the people consume the same assuming they will reduce extra calories the next day but the day never comes. The general masses are totally unaware about this junk food and stimulates to

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

obesity, overweight problem. As aforesaid the problem is increasing day by day and if not taken seriously from both preventive and curing measures it could disrupt the major population in Australia.

Ultim

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

tely the solution to the problem is simple and explanatory. Wherever we live or wherever we work we must adapt ourselves to natural health food habits and avoid the junk food intake. And the people who ar

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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

proned to obesity they must do physical exercises to get rid of it. But for highly obese patients with the BMI of over 35.00, obesity surgeries are recommended.

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

st log on to: www.obesitysurgeries.com and calculate your BMI (Body Mass Calculation) to seek help accordingly. You could even email me at kriplani@laparoscopy.in

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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