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Now that we've covered the importance of Essential Fatty Acids in the vegan diet, let's switch gears for a second. Remember when we said there was a big difference between the fat

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

s our ancestors ate and the fats most people eat today?

Let's begin with an analogy...

Let's Play Jump Rope

Imagine you and a friend are holding either end o

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

Examples of combination products may in

a jump rope (hey, who says we have to grow up?). In order for it to work properly, you let it dangle loosely between you -- now we can have some fun! But if you pull it taut, th

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

fun is over.

This analogy will serve to create a picture in your mind as we further discuss fats.

All fat molecules are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atom

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

. The carbon atoms of fatty acids hold together in a chain-like fashion. These oxygen/carbon chains can attach hydrogen to them at specific points (called receptor p

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

Combination pro

ints).

Saturated Fats

When each place that can possibly hold a hydrogen atom is filled they are called "saturated". They're full. They don't have room for eve

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

one more.

These saturated fats are hard fats. The jump rope has been pulled taut...tight and hard. These are fats which are solid at room temperature, such as those found

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

in meat, butter, cheese, and sour cream. Fortunately for us Vegans, we don't touch the stuff! But does this mean your diet is free from saturated fats? Not necessarily…

Satu

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

ated fats can be found in Vegan food too, including coconut products, palm oil and tropical oils. And for those who think eating margarine is okay, think again. Margarine is h

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

drogenated (which we'll discuss below) and this hydrogenation process actually converts the fats to something that ACTS like saturated fats in the body. So if you're eating

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

any foods which contain hydrogenated oils, you're ingesting the very saturated fats you're trying to avoid by eating Vegan in the first place! Oy!

When your diet is high in satur

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

Following aspects would a

ated fats or hydrogenated oils, these fats tend to clump together in the body and form deposits. This is because, just as they are hard at room temperature, they are also hard

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

t body temperature. They can lodge in the cells, organs, and blood vessels. This can lead to many health problems including obesity, heart disease, and breast and colon cancer

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

Unsaturated Fats

Unsaturated fats have at least two carbon atoms that are next to each other which are not attached to hydrogen atoms. This allows it to bend,

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

leaving the rest of the chain to loosely rotate around this kink. Remember our tightened jump rope, saturated fat? Now, as an unsaturated fat that jump rope is getting les

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

taut and more free to move.

When you ingest unsaturated fats, they actually replace the saturated fats in your body.

There are two kinds of these unsaturated fats. One i

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

monosaturated and one is polyunsaturated. Let's look at these two unsaturated fats a little more closely...

When at least two pairs of receptor points are e

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

pty (meaning they do not have hydrogen attached), they are called monosaturated fats, like the kind found in olive oil. When at least two or more pairs of receptor points a

.

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

e empty, those molecules are called polyunsaturated fats. Our jump rope is loose and free to move about - wheeeeeeeeee!!

But not all polyunsaturated fats are equal. Some

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

like the kind found in safflower and canola oil, should be used sparingly, if at all. The best polyunsaturates are the kind that ALSO includes Essential Fatty Acids

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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