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For a certain percentage of the population, going to work derives the same level of pleasure as does dropping bowling balls on one’s own feet. If you’ve ever felt stuck in the wrong jo

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

b, you know that the misery of it permeates your whole life, not just your working hours. Being unhappy at work can take its toll on your health, your relationships, and your future.

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

Examples of combination products may in

hen you complain or try to improve things at work, you might even get the glib advice to quit and go work somewhere else if you’re so unhappy.

There are a lot of reasons we feel unable

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

to follow this advice:

- Our qualifications level isn’t high, so if we quit this job, we’ll just have to take some crummy job somewhere else, so what’s the difference? Better the devi

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

l you know than the devil you don’t know, right?

- There’s no time to look for another job. It’s too difficult to get time off to go to interviews. And it’s impossible to quit unless

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

Combination pro

another job is lined up, because we can’t afford the gap in our income, nor the uncertainty.

- We feel as though we’ve made a commitment. There’s a sense of camaraderie among our fell

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

w sufferers. We can’t just walk out on them.

- We feel as though quitting is “giving in.” Quitters never win. Winners never quit.

Therefore, we feel trapped. And when you’re in a

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

job you don’t like, it’s many times worse to feel trapped in it.

The first step is to know you’re not trapped. Countless numbers of people have risen from the lowest ranks of the empl

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

yment world into lucrative and rewarding professions. If it’s possible for them, it’s possible for you. Notice I didn’t say that it’s easy. But it is possible.

The second step is to

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

own the situation. You can’t change the fact that your boss is a jerk or that the work is uncomfortable or that the pay is abysmal. But you can face the fact that you are the one who

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

illed out the application and signed on, and you can also be the one to choose to leave. Again, not easy, perhaps, but within your power. Or you can also choose to change yourself. B

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

Following aspects would a

ecome a better worker. Focus on the positive.

The third step is to make a decision. Living day to day, agonizing over whether you should quit or not, or fretting that you have no cho

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ce, is very wearisome. It wastes time and energy that you could be directing towards improving your situation. Make the decision to work towards something you would like better, or to

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

stay and make the best of the situation. After all, things change. Bosses leave, work conditions change, and so on.

When you’re working in a job you hate, it’s tempting to get fed up

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

and quit out of the blue. It’s fun to think through the drama of the situation. Won’t the boss be surprised? Won’t it be wonderful how the department would be left in the lurch, and

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

wouldn’t it just serve them right?

However, I caution you against making any rash moves like this. Sure, it’s gratifying for the moment. (I know it – I’ve done it. It was exhilarati

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

g, but then I was hungry for about a week.)

Besides, when you’re stuck in a bad situation, it’s hard to see your situation objectively. It’s tempting to fly the coop and take any othe

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

r job, just to get out of your current one. It’s also tempting to fall for those get-rich-quick schemes you see all over the internet. I urge you to recognize that you might not be in

.

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

the most rational state right now, and recognize this when you have the urge to do anything foolhardy.

Before you make a move, consider what you’d rather be doing. Your next job chang

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

might not take you there, but it might take you a bit closer. And it’s a little easier to go to work if you know that your experiences are at least pointing you in the right direction

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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