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When we dream about starting our career in software industry, we think of landing up in a programming or development role. Some of us start learning programming languages like Java, JSP, EJB, .Net. VB etc

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

and some pursue certifications like SCJP (Sun Certified Java Programmer), MCSD (Microsoft Certified Software Developer), SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer) etc. many of us speculate about forthcoming so

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

Examples of combination products may in

called “Hot Technologies” and make effort to learn the skills required for this new technology. After all this hard work and effort which consumes significant amount of time and money, we start applying f

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

r a suitable job for a programmer or developer position. Resume is circulated among friends, friends of friends & relatives networks. Resume in all the famous job search portals like http://naukri.com, ht

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

p://dice.com or http://monster.com is posted and regularly updated. The regular updating is done to ensure that our resumes stay in top in all the employer searches. Only very few of us are fortunate enou

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

Combination pro

h to get interview calls and finally make it to the desired job. What happens to others? Why do the rest of us not receive any interview call? Is there anything wrong with our resume?

Any Guesses….?

For

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

those who thought of “attitude” and “being” of the person who is applying have got the right answer. The second thing is the perception of going in to “Programming” field. Well for all my programmers’ fr

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

ends or those who have got strong programming skills and mindset, I would like to tell that I am not against programming. I myself started my career as a Java Programmer and produced extraordinary results

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

My only idea of writing this article is to educate those who need a start or those who are struggling in getting a job such that people get a fair understanding of what is available in the software indus

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

ry and which field they should take in which they are passionate and have the potential to produce breakthrough results.

To take forward the perception of Programming, we think that this is the only resp

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

ctable job in software industry. Even when we meet in a social gathering and come across a friend, we generally ask a question “Which language you are working into?” By making this perception and assumpti

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

Following aspects would a

on, we ignore many other valuable job functions in software industry in the absence of which the probability of getting an interview call becomes very low. Here are a few important job functions (other th

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

n programming/coding)

• Software Quality Assurance
• Software Testing
• System/Network Administration
• Server Administration
• Online Marketing
• Web Master
• Web Designer<

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

r> • Flash Developer

The above mentioned job functions have a very strong potential and huge growth opportunities. The salary packages are also decent and sometimes higher than their programmer counterp

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

rt.

Now after choosing the right direction to go ahead, we should have strong skills and competencies. Having globally recognized certificates like CSQA (Certified Software Quality Analyst), CSTE (Certif

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

ed Software Test Engineer), MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer), CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associates), RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer), CIW (Certified Internet Web Professional), MMCPs(Macr

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

omedia Certified Professionals) etc, greatly enhance our chances of being short listed and filtered out. If we have strong programming skills and have demonstrated that in some of our projects, then havin

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

certifications like SCJP (Sun Certified Java Programmer), SCWCD (Sun Certified Web Component Developer), MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer), IBM XML Developer, IBM UML and many others will 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

initely add value to our portfolio. The process of preparing for the certification and getting certified itself, adds a lot of value to our career.

I hope I have communicated my message. In my next artic

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

es, I would write about the way to prepare and achieve for some of the prestigious, respected and worldwide recognized certifications

Looking forward for the comments/suggestions/feedbacks.

Vikas Kaushi

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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