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Not a lot, it seems, according to the report on obesity published in 2004 by the House of Commons Select Committee on Health. Despite

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

meeting fourteen times over nine months, and listening for many hours to a number of acknowledged experts, it failed to produce any r

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

Examples of combination products may in

eal conclusions on what causes obesity.

The best the report could come up with was 'obesity is caused when people overeat in relation

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

to their energy needs' and 'energy expenditure has dropped considerably'. However, reducing energy intake and increasing energy expe

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

nditure has been official advice for losing weight for many decades. Since obesity has escalated rapidly during this period despite a

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

Combination pro

ever increasing percentage of the population claiming to be on a diet at any one time, could it be that the real causes of obesity ha

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

ve been misunderstood?

Surely the Committee had a moral responsibility to investigate all avenues of inquiry, including re-examining

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

accepted beliefs about what constitutes 'healthy eating' and how best to lose weight? Yet no-one appears to have asked the obvious qu

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

estion -- could our dietary advice be wrong? How can a 148 page report on obesity have omitted to consider the potential effects on t

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

he human body of our sudden (in evolutionary terms) change to a diet very high in refined carbohydrates? Why was there no investigatio

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

of low carb diets, which millions of people have used to successfully lose weight, despite 'experts' in the medical world telling us

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

Following aspects would a

that this was scientifically impossible?

It is incredible that the author of what is claimed to be the world's most successful method

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

for reducing obesity, Dr Robert Atkins, is mentioned only once. This is all the more astounding when eight MPs from the Committee we

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

nt to the US to learn about obesity. Did they not hear evidence from any of the 24 million Americans who were using the Atkins Diet a

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

t the time?

Without a clear understanding of the causes of obesity, it is difficult to identify an effective solution. Many of the r

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

ecommendations of the report relate to the renewed promotion of 'healthy eating' and physical activity and on encouraging the food ind

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

stry to be more responsible when advertising energy-dense foods. These are laudable recommendations, in that they may contribute to a

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

small incremental improvement in obesity rates. Sadly however, they will not bring about the step change that is so badly needed. F

.

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

ocusing on reducing calories and / or increasing exercise is not the answer. Halting the obesity trend can only be achieved by recogn

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

izing that refined carbohydrates and their addictive nature are the real causes of the epidemic.

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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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