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The first goal of any hiring manager is not to find a candidate, but to ELIMINATE unqualified candidates. Most hir

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

ing managers reading your resume will take the pile of up to 500 letters they received and try to separate the defi

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

Examples of combination products may in

ite "no's' (Don't Call) into one pile and the interesting resumes into the second pile (Might Call). They then go

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

ack and eliminate again until what they have is a manageable pile (5-10 max) of pre-qualified candidates (To Call).

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

Getting into the second pile (Might Call) is your first goal. The first cut may take you from a stack of 500 res

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

Combination pro

mes to a smaller yet still intimidating stack of 20.

At 20 resumes, the reader will spend 2-3 minutes on each resu

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 versus just a few seconds the first time through. The objective here for the hiring manager is to take the stack

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

of 20 down to a more manageable 5-10 resumes mentioned above.

At 5-10 resumes, the reader will be spending some q

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

ality time reading what you have written. They may be highlighting and making notes about the things that interest

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

them the most or closely align with what they are looking for.

A few more resumes will be eliminated during this r

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

und, but not necessarily put back into the Don't Call pile. These candidates go into the Might Call pile but will

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

Following aspects would a

only be called only if the hiring manager cannot find enough qualified candidates from 4-8 resumes they have left.

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

This is the To Call pile that you want to end up in.

The hiring manager begins to make some calls and do some init

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

al phone interviews. From here a few more people may be eliminated for a variety of reasons. Some of the people

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

may have already taken other positions or the hiring manager does not like the candidate enough to invite him or he

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

in for a face-to-face interview.

The hiring manager will keep interviewing until they have invited 3-5 people in

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

or a personal interview.

As the realistic numbers I've indicated above reveal, in order to be invited in for an in

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

terview, you'll need to have a resume and cover letter better than 495 other candidates. Notice I did not say you

.

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

eeded more education, better experience or more years on the job than the other people applying for the same job.

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ou just need to have better paperwork..."you just need a better story." This will be the topic of a future article

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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