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Ringtones are big business. The Yankee Group announced that over the last five years, these musical tones have sent people literally singing to the bank, with a total

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

revenue of $2 billion since 2001, and $50 million in one year alone.

The figures show how popular ringtones have become among cell phone users, who download the files

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

Examples of combination products may in

to personalize their caller functions. They can pick from millions of songs, from the latest hit R&B single, to quirky sounds like cows mooing, to the classical piece

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

s of Ludwig van Beethoven. Technological development has also made the audio quality of the ringtones much more realistic. From the ear-piercing, tin-like sounds of th

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

e first downloadable tunes, today’s music pieces have a near-radio quality. You could dance to it, except you’d look pretty silly shaking your booty while taking a cal

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

Combination pro

l.

Unfortunately, the realistic quality of the musical pieces have raised a few ethical issues, namely violation of copyright. Since the sound of the ringtones and th

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

e sound of the actual songs are so close, record companies are saying that they count as reproductions—and because of that, they should pay some kind of royalty to the

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

labels and the singers.

In a celebrated case, rap artist Eminem filed injunctions against five ringtone companies, supposedly because they had used his songs without

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

his prior consent.

Some would argue that the ringtones only use ten seconds, maximum, of the actual song. How long should a snippet be before it becomes copyright inf

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

ringement? Nokia representative Matthew Courtney believes that it has nothing to do with length. "Every reproduction of a musical excerpt involves payment of copyright

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

fees to the copyright owner," he says.

There are some songs that fall beyond this rule, such as those that fall into public domain: classical pieces, national anthem

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

Following aspects would a

s, and yes, a cow mooing. (To date, there are no records of cows suing any major ringtone company.) Others still require the permission of the artists, and may even be

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

subject to royalty fees.

Luckily most artists are not that inclined to sue, seeing the ringtones as a way of promoting their music, and perhaps a compliment to their

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

own popularity. In a way, being immortalized in a ringtone has become a gauge of how one’s music has infiltrated public consciousness. Besides, nobody actually downlo

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

ds a ringtone as a replacement for an actual record. A real fan would want more than a ten second recording out of a three minute song, although would probably use tha

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

t snippet to announce to the world, “Hey, this tune rocks.”

However, trends do indicate that fans may actually be willing to pay for their polyphonic ringtones. Music

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

label EMI representative Jay Samit estimates that the earnings form ringtones could contribute as much as 10% of the record industry’s total revenues. Apparently, the

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

appeal of ringtones is that strong— people aren’t just downloading it because it’s free, but because it’s a valued feature.

Of course, many polyphonic ringtones stil

.

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

l allow people to download the tunes for free, generating their revenue from ads instead. Others use a mixture of the two business models, offering some for free (or a

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

weekly rotating list) while requiring a small download fee for “premium ringtones”.

Either way, lawsuits notwithstanding, the fact is that ringtones are here to stay

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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