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Well, I haven't been in this situation for some years now, thankfully, but it's good to reflect on old writings, and this is still true today, as it was then ...

Probably the hardest pa

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

rt of being unemployed is not knowing when things are going to change for the better. That illusory hope for the future which encourages: "Only a little longer to go and I can get a ra

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

Examples of combination products may in

ise, promotion or big commission deal - is simply not there.

So as the bills creep up, (because however you try to work it, you never have quite enough to go 'round), and as the thing

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

s you can't have or just really don't need become an ever-increasing weight on that other list (things you are going to pay for, sort out and get, once you have a job), you find that lit

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

tle by little your life is becoming smaller and smaller, and that you're in quite a trap.

BENEFITS

You can't take just any job, because once you are back in work you lose whatever smal

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

Combination pro

l relief you've been able to obtain from rates and other bills and once again these and the mortgage will be all yours to pay in full from your salary package.

If you were in a well-pai

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

d position before, the chances are that your outgoings are still potentially high, and that outweighs the merits of taking just any job. So you need a position with a salary similar to

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

your previous earnings. Or more - because now you have those other unemployment benefits called debts.

"Getting a job is a job in itself", say the Employment Service. It is indeed.

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

Probably the hardest job of all because there are no guarantees no bonuses for effort, no overtime, and certainly no pay cheque at the end of the month.

RESPONSES

You want to see my jo

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

b search file. You really do. I went through it a few days ago and found that this year I have written over 90 letters, filled in 26 application forms, made over 95 telephone calls cha

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

ing up hopeful chances and attended 19 interviews.

To - date I have received an abundant supply of straight-off-the-floppy-disc form letters which in so many words say - "Thanks, but no

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

Following aspects would a

thanks".

There's a word-processing programme which all personnel officers in the world use to reply to interviewees who didn't get the job. It reads: "Thank you very much ... unfortu

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

nately ... candidate quality very high ... difficult decision ... keep your details on file ..."

I have a suggestion for Personnel Officers: Why not have a form letter to send out to u

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

nsuccessful applicants which simply says - "Thanks, but no thanks!" I'd understand that far better than the patronising nonsense which spasmodically hits my postbox. (That is, where an

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

y response at all is forthcoming!)

OPTIONS

Options? Yes, there are options. Self - employment, working from home, winning the lottery, retrain ... That's a good one! Retrain! say

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

the Employment Service, but it's not quite so simple. For instance, how do you gain enough income in a new starting-at-the-bottom career to pay all your bills for the time it will take

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

you to become as proficient as you were in your last field? Working from home is another option, so is self-employment, but the same question applies.

FACTS

The facts as I see them

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

are simple and they are threefold:

1: There are far more people than there are jobs.

2: The better you are at your job, the lower your chances of redundancy.

3: The age of fu

.

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

ll employment until retirement age is over.

4: If you spend all your benefits on scratch cards you'll be up the creek.

Unemployment can change your life, anyone without a job will s

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

econd that, but I'd like mine changed a little more right now, in the direction of some good hard cash!

Sometimes I feel as if I'm on the wrong planet. This is Alpha Centauri, isn't it

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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