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If you have been in a job-search for very long at all, you have most likely read that employers do not read resumes, they scan them.

Do you think a 30-second sca

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

n is ridiculous? When you consider how important filling a vacant position must be to an employer, that isn’t a very long amount of time, is it? Why wouldn’t an employer want 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

read EVERY resume to make sure they were hiring the right person for the job? Surely there is no way to properly get a feel for someone in 30 seconds.

Well, think about i

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

from a hiring manager’s point of view.

The day starts at 7:00am with a bang – the phone rings, there are email messages to answer and a meeting with marketing at 8:00am

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

to go over the recently vacated Brand Manager’s position.

From there, a round of interviews for an opening in the executive suite for an Administrative Assistant have to

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

Combination pro

e performed with little or no time to review the resumes prior to interviewing each candidate.

Next thing you know, it is lunch time, but hey, there is no time for that s

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

nce a meeting with Benefits Administrator is next on the schedule and the recent changes in the medical plan have caused a lot of headaches in trying to recruit new sales associates.

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

After that shouting match, it is time to check the latest HR new hire reports to set up the next round of orientation meetings as they are supposed to take place every 2

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

eeks and it is already a week past that.

A 2:30pm phone call to the HR assistant who handles the orientations leads to a dozen more phone calls to get the conference room

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

cheduled as no one wants to give up their time slot for anyone else.

It is nearly 4:00pm. A quick trip to the restroom ends up taking an hour as the recently hired Sales

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

irector pauses to lash out about the medical benefit changes which were not a part of the original employment agreement.

The final meeting of the day consists of all HR m

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

Following aspects would a

nagers discussing, usually all at one time, the impending acquisition of a new company.

Before driving home, a 4 inch stack of resumes are stuffed into a briefcase to be r

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

viewed at home after the children are in bed.

Now, does a 30-second scan seem a little more reasonable?

Yes, filling vacant positions is important. It i

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

extremely important. One of the most serious errors a hiring manager can make is bringing someone into the organization who is not qualified for the position they are hired for – O

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

R – they do not fit with the corporate culture. Every new hire reflects on the hiring manager – good or bad.

Realistically, if time permitted, resumes WOULD be reviewed m

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

re thoroughly, but it simply isn’t possible for most hiring managers.

Something else that is important to point out is the fact that most job candidates make it pretty e

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

sy to go through that 30 second scan. There simply are not that many job seekers who take the time to ensure their resumes are error-free. It is truly easy to eliminate 50% or more

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

of the resumes in that 30 second scan.

If you want to master the job-search process, you have to make sure you make it past that 30 second scan. Proofread your resume aga

.

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

n and again. Do not give the employer a reason to eliminate you right away. Once you are past that 30 second scan, your resume will likely get a better review. At that point, you

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ill enter a whole new arena of resume issues (which will not be addressed at this time).

Your goal is to get past the 30 second scan. Go proofread your resume!

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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