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Advice You - How Many Secretaries Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?
I’ll admit it up front. I was a lousy secretary. It wasn’t for the lack of trying. It was just because it was a bad fit for me, but it took me years of being a secretary to convince myself.
Other secretaries in my department could organize circles arou
Other secretaries in my department could organize circles arou
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
nd me. They could manage a 55-line telephone with one hand, word-process a memo with the other, and do the filing with their feet. They didn’t freak out when their boss dumped a three-day project on their desk with orders to have it ready in an hour. Th
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
ey knew when everyone’s birthdays were, and they remembered to change the water in the flower vase on their desk.
Not me. My typing looked as if it were done by foot, calls I answered ended up on hold for years, and the filing was perpetually 6 months be
Not me. My typing looked as if it were done by foot, calls I answered ended up on hold for years, and the filing was perpetually 6 months be
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
ind. I freaked out when my boss came within two miles of my desk. I forgot my own birthday, and my flowers were always straining desperately towards other, more nurturing, secretaries.
My real problem was that I was always the victim of the “Pile Syndro
My real problem was that I was always the victim of the “Pile Syndro
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
me.” If you’re a secretary or if you have any kind of paper-pushing job, you know what I mean.
You’re working on the A project, and you’re trying to be focused, even though your phone keeps ringing and the gal at the desk next to you wants to discuss her
You’re working on the A project, and you’re trying to be focused, even though your phone keeps ringing and the gal at the desk next to you wants to discuss her
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
nephew’s foot fungus. (By the way, it’s illegal for secretaries to let their phones go to voicemail. Look it up yourself: Bylaw 213, Section 3, Paragraph A.)
Your boss comes up to you and says, “How are you coming along on the B project? I know I aske
Your boss comes up to you and says, “How are you coming along on the B project? I know I aske
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
d for it tomorrow but could I have it for my meeting in an hour?”
You know it will only take 10 minutes to finish off the B project, so there’s no reason for to put the A project away. You put the B project right on top of the A project on your desk and
You know it will only take 10 minutes to finish off the B project, so there’s no reason for to put the A project away. You put the B project right on top of the A project on your desk and
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
set to work.
The phone rings. The man on the other end is having an emergency that for some reason you are the only person on the planet who can solve. This is part of your job too – customer service. In fact, the company devotes a lot of lip service t
The phone rings. The man on the other end is having an emergency that for some reason you are the only person on the planet who can solve. This is part of your job too – customer service. In fact, the company devotes a lot of lip service t
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
this priority. So this becomes C project, which has to happen right now. But you’re really trying to whip through the B project so you can get back to the A project, which is what you’re REALLY working on anyway. So there’s no need to put the B or the
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
A projects away. You put the C project right on top.
The day ends while you’re working on the P or the Q project, and you can barely see over the top of the pile. Everyone is upset with you because you didn’t get projects A through N finished.
Time man
The day ends while you’re working on the P or the Q project, and you can barely see over the top of the pile. Everyone is upset with you because you didn’t get projects A through N finished.
Time man
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
gement gurus would have a field day with that one. They INSIST that you must put away whatever you’re not working on, and focus ONLY on what you’re working on. Okay, they’re right. How many of them were secretaries? Let’s take a poll.
In between (and
In between (and
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
usually during) all of these projects, I was expected to schedule meetings for people who only had enough space on their calendar to inhale once. When I reported to my boss that the first mutually available opening for the people he wanted to meet with wa
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
s Tuesday of 2009, my boss would say “No, try again and see if you can get it for Monday of next week.”
I was also expected to keep track of how many paper clips the office went through in a month, whom to call when the toilet in the men’s room stopped up
I was also expected to keep track of how many paper clips the office went through in a month, whom to call when the toilet in the men’s room stopped up
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
which travel agent could find the best rates, all of my boss’s computer passwords, whose turn it was to clean out the office refrigerator, which of my boss’s clients preferred communication by email, which had blue eyes, which drove a domestic vehicle, wh
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
ich had a toddler who was teething, and which required a wheat-free meal at luncheons.
I also spent a lot of time filing defensively. My boss would accuse me of keeping too much stuff, and that I needed to only keep what was important. Then he would com
I also spent a lot of time filing defensively. My boss would accuse me of keeping too much stuff, and that I needed to only keep what was important. Then he would com
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
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
e up to me and ask for that piece of paper he used as a coaster in that meeting in 1995 – surely I remember the one – the one when that lady with the short hair made a presentation. Then he would hover over my desk while I painstakingly went through ever
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
file in my possession trying to find that piece of paper.
There must be a word that combines panic and apathy. That’s the state I finally reached. I was in a constant state of panic over maintaining control over the minutia of my job, but I was apathet
There must be a word that combines panic and apathy. That’s the state I finally reached. I was in a constant state of panic over maintaining control over the minutia of my job, but I was apathet
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
ic because I genuinely and sincerely really didn’t give a hoot. Nothing I did created any meaningful progress for myself. I filed; someone yanked the file out again, used it, and dumped it back on my desk. I typed a memo for someone else, and someone el
.
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
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
e got the credit for a great idea. I was a member of the “team” when it suited the department, but when it didn’t suit them, I was expected to remember my “place.”
To all of you who are efficient and wonderful secretaries, my hat is off to you. Those of
To all of you who are efficient and wonderful secretaries, my hat is off to you. Those of
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
us who are lousy at it really need people like you in the world.
How many secretaries does it take to change a light bulb? None. She calls maintenance and they do it. Or, if she’s like me, she pretends not to notice until someone else takes care of it
How many secretaries does it take to change a light bulb? None. She calls maintenance and they do it. Or, if she’s like me, she pretends not to notice until someone else takes care of it
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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