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The recent spikes in oil and natural gas prices have put the topic of alternative fuels for home heating at the forefront of discussions around

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

the country. Alternative fuels that in the past were seen as marginal, odd, or strictly for rural use are getting a second look.

Wood heat ha

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

Examples of combination products may in

been used for generations in the rural U.S., but has been replaced in the past fifty years or so by central heating provided by oil- or gas-fi

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

red furnaces. However, in recent years, wood stoves have been making a comeback. Attractive stoves by Jotul and other manufacturers have taken

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

heir place in communal living areas like kitchens and living rooms to supplement heating while providing a cozy ambiance to the rooms. Wood fur

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

Combination pro

aces, both internal and external and in many new designs based on the latest technology, provide the ability to load the furnace so as to provi

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

de hours of central heating before needing re-stoking. An advantage of burning wood, at least in rural areas, is that it can be locally obtaine

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

; people with a wood lot can get it with "sweat equity", and can supplement their income by supplying their neighbors as well.

New plant-based

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

fuels like wood pellets and corn pellets can also provide heat when used in specially designed, clean-burning furnaces and stoves. In addition,

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

more and more people are taking a new look at biodiesel, a fuel manufactured from vegetable oils, primarily soybean oil. Most furnaces can use

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

B20, a fuel made of 80 percent traditional heating oil and 20 percent biodiesel, without any adjustments; some people are getting their furnac

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

Following aspects would a

s adapted to be able to burn B100, a fuel made entirely of vegetable oils. The biodiesel burns much cleaner than traditional heating oil, but h

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

as its own problems (for one thing, biodiesel tends to cause rubber gaskets to erode), so be sure to check with your furnace servicer or manufa

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

turer before you opt for B100.

If you choose to use B100, and your furnace will handle it, you have a couple of options. B100 is becoming more

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

available around the country; check on the Internet to find a supplier near you. Also, waste oil - that is, used vegetable oil discarded by res

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

taurants - can be filtered and used in some furnaces. Several furnaces on the market are designed to burn waste oil. Commercially manufactured

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

100 has an additive that keeps it liquid at low temperatures, which recycled vegetable doesn't contain, so do your research - and check again w

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

th your furnace servicer - before you attempt burning used vegetable oil.

We're facing a new world with lots of challenges in terms of how to

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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

heat our homes, especially in colder winter climates. Luckily there are technologies like elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ification.asp">wood gasification and biodeisel, available today which can help us move away from our decades-old dependence on fossil fuels

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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