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Not too long ago, obesity was viewed mainly as a cosmetic problem. The purpose of dieting was to maintain your appearance. Exercise was a wa

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 to tighten your stomach and thighs. As a last resort, there were always doctors, although they were seen as suspicious.

In just the last

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

Examples of combination products may in

few years the medical view of excess body fat has undergone a major change. It is now known to be a public health problem of the same magnit

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

ude as smoking. Government statistics list overweight as the second-leading cause of preventable death in the United States, after smoking,

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

increasing the risk for a variety of serious diseases like heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease, and several forms of cancer — overwei

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

Combination pro

ht and its more severe form, obesity, cause 280,000–325,000 deaths in this country each year. For many people, losing weight is a struggle f

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

or survival.

The dangers of being overweight have come to light at a time when the rates of overweight and obesity are skyrocketing. More t

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

han half of all adults in the United States are overweight, and 26% are obese — an increase of more than 50% in the last three decades. Obes

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

ity rates are dramatically rising among children, too, a bad sign for the future health of our population.

If there is one thing to be lear

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

ned about obesity it’s that it can be controlled and it can be stopped. I think it’s important to know that there is no rocket science invo

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

ved in it. With all the health, fitness, and diet books, and commercials on television about it and all the medical documents it can appear

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

Following aspects would a

complicated, but it really isn’t. We need to go back to a simpler time, and take the time to be more active and learn the self discipline

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

to eat healthier foods. It can feel satisfying emotionally and physically to eat unhealthy, but we have to train ourselves not to do this.

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

If not for ourselves, for the sake of our children, and in the long run it feels much better to eat right.

Don’t sit around and be defeate

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

d. This is preventable. It’s just a matter of will power, but in the end it’s very well worth the effort for you and your family. In my op

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

nion, we are on our own with this. The food cooperations and the government don’t want a healthy America. The more we become addicted to

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

unhealthy food the more we buy and the more money they make. They more overweight we are, the more depressed we are and the more health prob

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

lems we have. This means more sales on medications. It also means we die earlier, before retirement. And in my opinion, this is just fine

.

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

with the government.

There is a remarkable new book out called 'stop the obesity' it can be ordered at elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

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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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