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You’re performing well in your job. You’ve even been told that you’re up for a promotion. Yet, getting the promotion seems to be taking a long time and you’re getting impatient.

Are you wondering how you could

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

make it happen faster? Are you thinking about what else you could do to make yourself the most likely choice for promotion?

Of course, there are factors such as budgetary constraints, lost contracts, etc. that co

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

Examples of combination products may in

ld influence the timing of your promotion. You have little control over these factors.

However, there are things you can do that would set you apart and catapult your name to the top of the promotion list. Would

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

’t you want to know how to improve your odds of landing your promotion sooner?

Take this quiz to find out where you stand in the pursuit of your promotion. Answer yes or no to the following questions. Each yes a

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

swer counts as one point. Compare your point total to the scoring key below.

I’ve successfully executed projects beyond my current job responsibilities.
I’ve gotten outstanding performance r

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

Combination pro

views for the last two years.

I’ve recently discussed my desire to be promoted with key power brokers in the company including my boss.

I’ve mastered all aspects of my present job.

I fe

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

l ready for, and excited by, new challenges.

I’m handling the stress of my current life/job well.

I continually seek ways to save the company time and money and raise the company’s profile.

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

li> When a project doesn’t go as planned, I learn from the experience.

When someone receives a promotion before I do, I redouble my efforts to improve my skills and standing within the company.

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

have a network of colleagues that I can turn to with questions, for support and impartial advice.

I keep my cool when faced with challenging people and situations.

I’ve got a sense of humor and c

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

n laugh at myself.

I share my boss’s vision and have made his/her goals my own.

I know how to say no to protect my time and energy without alienating people.

I am capable of managing mu

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

tiple priorities and I juggle them well.

I am optimistic and don’t complain, whine or engage in gossip about others in the office.

I have attended, and am comfortable at, office parties and socia

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

Following aspects would a

l events with my co-workers.

I keep people’s confidences.

If I manage a staff, I am fair and proportionate in giving praise and feedback.

I have professional work habits (grooming, dres

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ing for success, on-time to meetings, organized).

I embrace change and do not hold onto the old way of doing things.

I share the credit and accolades with my team members.

I am good at

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

motivating my staff and team members to achieve their highest level of performance.

I am comfortable using technology (i.e. Blackberry, IM, the Internet) and it makes me more effective.

I have d

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

cumented my successes and can present them at my next performance review.

Scoring Key:

20-25 Congratulations! You are doing everything in your power to move to the top of the line. Given

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

your efforts, your well-deserved promotion should be happening soon!

16-19 This is a very good score. Discuss the factors that might be delaying your promotion with your boss and ask what you

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

could do to eliminate them.

11-15 You’re doing okay, but there’s room for improvement. Make note of the factors that you need to work on and chose 2-3 that you can start improving upon today

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

6-10 You have work to do. It might be time to go back to basics and insure that you are reading your boss’s signals correctly. Confirm with your boss that you are a candidate for promotion.

.

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

Determine how long it might take and what additional responsibilities you might take on.

0-5 Okay, perhaps you need to view the situation differently. If you’re having trouble figuring out h

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

w to reframe your attitude and develop the skills to move ahead, consider working with a career coach. With a coach, you could focus in on exactly what you need to do and develop a plan to make it happen.

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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