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"Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it." So says business author and speaker, Jim Rohn.

Whether you're looking for a new job or looking

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

to get promoted in your current job, ask yourself this: What did you do with your time yesterday? Did you waste it, kill it, spend it, or invest it?

If you're not happy with your answer, read on to

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

Examples of combination products may in

learn four ways to invest your time today, to get hired faster and get ahead on the job tomorrow.

1) First, track your time for one week

Before you can use your time better, you must know how you're

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

spending your time now, so you can create a baseline to improve upon.

It's easy to do. Starting tomorrow, carry around a little notebook and keep track of how you spend your entire working day, in 15

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

-minute increments. Attorneys, accountants and other service professionals who bill by the hour do this every day, so don't say it's too much bother!

This is one of the most valuable things you will

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

Combination pro

ever do in your career -- I guarantee it.

Track your time for just one day and there's a 100% chance you will be surprised at how you spend it. Do this for one week and it will be like pulling back t

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

e curtain on the Wizard of Oz -- a shocking revelation.

2) Check email twice a day, at most

Once you track your time and know how you spend it, let me predict one way to get more done each day: spen

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

d less time on email.

Paradoxical? No.

After I first tracked my time in 2004, I found I was spending 6 hours a week reading and responding to email. That's 24 hours a month -- three full working day

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

s. Too much.

So I resolved to check email once an hour instead of every 15 minutes ... or every time I got bored. Yes, withdrawal was painful (there's no methadone equivalent for this). But my produc

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

ivity went up.

Then I got it down to four times a day. Now, after a year of cutting back, I check email just twice a day. As a result, I spend less than three hours a week on email -- a 50% productiv

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

ity gain. What could you do with an extra 150 working hours a year? That's my happy problem these days.

3) Turn off -- no, get rid of -- instant messaging

I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason to

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

Following aspects would a

put instant messaging on your computer and be open to interruptions at any time, from anyone, about anything. I just haven't found that reason.

If you're out of high school and have to earn a living

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

I can't see any point in letting some electronic gremlin sit on your shoulder and shout, "Hey, instant message!" into your ear every two minutes.

If anyone can IM you at any time, what does that say

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

about the value you put on your time? And how much time do you waste each day as you mentally shift gears to respond to IM, get back to work, respond to IM, get back to work, etc. Nuts to that.

I'll

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

wager $100 there's not a single Fortune 500 CEO with IM. They have better things to do with their time. So do you.

4) Avoid "Got a minute?" meetings

The next time a co-worker walks into your cubicl

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

(or a friend calls to chat during your job search) and asks, "Got a minute?" say, "Yes, actually, just one minute and then I have to finish something. I'm on a deadline."

(The word "deadline" concen

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

trates a conversation wonderfully.)

Then, look at your watch and give that person ... 60 seconds. If they need more time to talk, ask to schedule a short meeting later, when it's convenient for you.

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

Then, get back to what you were doing.

It's amazing how many 15-minute gabfests can be cut to 60 seconds or less when you give someone a one-minute time limit.

Your Takeaway Lesson -- These four tip

.

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

(none of which they teach in school, by the way) will help you get hired faster and get ahead on the job by getting more done each day.

There's a reason why Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Oprah are

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

at the top of their professions: they get a great deal done during the same 24 hours that you and I get every day.

Starting today, start investing your time wisely. You'll do great things when you do

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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