Advice You - Business

1. Dress for success
Arrive at the office everyday looking immaculate and ready to handle any business situation. Understand

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

the organisational dress code and abide by it. As a general rule you can’t lose by wearing a suit to the office.

2. Volunteer

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

Examples of combination products may in

You would be surprised how many people who have gotten promotions actually volunteered for them. In many cases they even can up w

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

th the concept and sold it to management. If you are super enthusiastic and have an idea that is going to either raise or save mon

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

y for the organisation then it is going to be very hard for a manager to say no.

3. Sell, Sell, Sell, Yourself
Managers prom

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

Combination pro

te people who are valuable contributors to the organisation and who they can see will grow with the organisation. But don’t assume

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

that your boss or teammates will know how much you are contributing to the team you have to take an active role in telling them. I

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

you are not comfortable selling/promoting yourself then get comfortable because if you don’t you will keep missing out on opportu

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

ities.

4. Build a support network
Managers promote people who have respect and a valued profile within the organisation. Bui

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

d a support network among your immediate team, management and other colleagues. Do this by being a team player and by supporting y

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

ur Teammates.

5. Get yourself a mentor
A mentor is someone ideally within the organisation whom your respect and who has a

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

Following aspects would a

hieved a level of success. This person can help you in 2 ways, firstly because they have achieved success within your organisation

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

they know how it is done. Secondly they can promote your skills and attributes within the organisation because they have a vested

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

nterest in your success.

6. Be a Star Performer
If your employer appreciates star performers then be one. Do your job to you

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

very best. Always think about how your work fits in with organisational expectations. Consistently meet and exceed those expectat

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

ons.

7. Identify what counts
Observe those people in your organisation who keep getting promoted. Do they have any qualities

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

or skills in common, if so then these are valuable clues to what management values.

8. Talk to Management
Talk to management

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

tell them that you are ambitious and want to do your very best for the organisation. Ask them what you need to do to stand out an

.

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

success within the organisation.

By Lisa O'Brien

www.onlinecareerco

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

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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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