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Why can’t I find a job?

If you’ve been asking yourself this question recently, trust me you’re not alon

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

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Searching for a new job can be a difficult and frustrating task especially when you are out of work

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

Examples of combination products may in

r when you are in a job you hate and want to escape.

If you can’t find a job and are increasingly frust

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

rated with your lack of results, let’s look at the possible reasons for this outcome:

1. You 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

e not getting interviews: If you aren’t getting interviews, your resume and cover letter are not doi

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

Combination pro

g their jobs. Their job is to get you interviews. Either that, or you are applying for the wrong jobs. Y

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

our resume and cover letter need to sell you to the employer and show them why you are the best person f

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

r the job. Alternatively, are you applying for jobs you really have no chance of getting? If so, don’t w

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

aste your time or the time of the employer who might eventually have a job that suits you that you shoul

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

be applying for.

2. You are getting interviews but not job offers. If you are unable to close t

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

e deal in the interview process, look for possible problems: Are you coming across as too aggressive or

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

Following aspects would a

laid back during interviews? Are you asking for too much money? Is your style of dress turning interview

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

rs off? Are you better on paper than you are in person? Get as much feedback as possible (ask for positi

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

ve and negative feedback) from any employer you interview with who has turned you down for a job.

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

Make improvements for future interviews by fixing your mistakes.

3. Are your references hurting you?

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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

/b> This can be a difficult one to figure out but are you certain that your references are speaking as h

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ighly of you as you hope and expect? I’ve done references that actually hurt the candidate! Yes, bad ref

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

rences do happen and they can cost you jobs. Carefully think about who you are using as references and d

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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

etermine if they are helping or hurting you. If you are finding that employers are doing references on y

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

u and you are not getting job offers, there might be something wrong in the reference check stage.

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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