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Various advances in technology have changed the way we make long distance calls. From the traditional landline

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

phones to cellular phones, to computers and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) devices, technology has affec

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

Examples of combination products may in

ted the way everyone communicates. This has led to long distance phone services that are not only different in

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

terms of the quality of reception but also the cost involved with making long distance calls. Today, one eve

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

has the option of virtually free long distance phone calls, but with a comparatively lower quality than the t

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

Combination pro

raditional long distance services using regular landline phones. However, the savings is worth the decreased q

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

uality for many people.

Long distance phone services can be broadly categorized into four groups. These inclu

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

e landline to landline and cellular phone service, cellular to cellular and landline service, calls made from

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

a personal computer or VOIP device to landline or cellular phone service and PC to PC voice communication serv

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

ices.

The leading traditional long distance service providers (where the calls originate from land lines) in

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

he U.S. are Sprint, AT&T and MCI Worldcom. Traditional long distance phone calls are still the most expensive

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

Following aspects would a

option, despite fierce competition amongst these providers.

Calls made using a computer or a VOIP device to l

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

andline or cellular phone service use Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) to enable long distance voice commun

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

ication. They use the Internet to transmit the voice and provide a cheaper alternative compared to landline an

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

cell phone based long distance services. However, the reception quality is not as good and sometimes there is

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

a time lag in the voice transmission. The leading providers of this category of long distance services inclu

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

de DeltaThree, Dialpad, MediaRing, Net Caller, and Skype.

PC to PC voice communication also uses VOIP and is

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

sually free. This service is available through the instant messenger applications provided by MSN, Yahoo, AOL

.

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

and Google. This is not the highest quality and does not use a phone handset the way VOIP phone service does.

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

To communicate using voice chat over instant messaging programs, both users will need a headset and microphone

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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