A differentiated product could come out as a clear winner in the crowded weight management health market majorly dominated by Garcinia Cambogia, white kidney bean extracts, green tea extracts etc. Vedic Lifesciences can give your product that advantage through a well-conducted clinical study and its efficient and affordable processes that have helped over 55 nutraceutical companies across the world for the last 12 years
Claim substantiation for weight management supplements
1.
2. Is yourWeight Management Product making these
Health Claims?
Promotes healthy weight loss and maintenance
Lowers blood sugar levels and burns fat
Improves lean mass, reduces fat percentage
Supports Healthy Cholesterol Levels
Improves Mood
Increases Natural energy
Suppresses appetite
Increases metabolic rate
3. Body Mass Index andTotal BodyWater using a Bioelectric Impedance
Analysis Instrument
Total body composition – Dual-EnergyX-rayAbsorptiometry (DEXA)
Basal Metabolic Rate – Indirect calorimetry Metabolic Monitor
Diet management software
Appetite – Food frequency and appetite questionnaires
5. Collaboration with advanced Fitness
centers having modern equipments and
increase recruitment rate
Extensive database of volunteer pool with
varied body types like under weight, normal
weight, over weight to obese subjects
Strong database of healthy volunteers
involved in mild to heavy exercises
Full time dieticians to ensure standardized
meals / diets for study volunteers
In-house, customized scales / questionnaires
for weight management products
6. Cost in USA* ($) Cost in India* ($) Cost Saving* (%)
Absorptiometry (DEXA)
Total body composition –
Dual-EnergyX-ray)
500 109 78%
Doctor fees for Basal
Metabolic Rate – Indirect
calorimetry Metabolic
Monitor
400 150 63%
Dietitian fees 300 70 77%
* Costs are only indicative
7. 300 medical universities, over 750 graduate and post-
graduate programs and about 50 million college graduates in
India
Large patient population that facilitates faster recruitment
Multi Racial and MultiType patient population
Low trial cost per patient
A highly qualified professional medical community
Global quality hospitals and clinical research facilities
Highly developed IT and data collection capability
English is the medium of instruction
Western trained principal investigators
8. In India, many studies have shown that the
prevalence of overweight among adolescents varies
between 10% and 30%
Between 1998 and 2003, India spent Rs 3,750 billion
on treating obesity-related problems
More than 25% of Indians are overweight
More than 3% are Obese
>5% of urban adults are obese
>15% of urban children are overweight
9. Vedic Lifesciences is a Research Center serving the
Product Development and Regulatory Submission
needs of healthcare companies since 2000
India
203, Morya Landmark 1, New Link Road,AndheriWest,
Mumbai 400053
Tel.: +91 22 42172300 / +91 22 42025719
USA
16 BarcelonaCircle, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Tel: 1(650)855-4832
For a Corporate Introduction
bizdev@vediclifesciences.com
www.vediclifesciences.com