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Advice You - Time Management - Stop The Madness of Mindless Meetings
Meetings...meetings...meetings...I often wonder if anyone out there dislikes meetings as much as I do. Do you have to participate in mindless meeting after mindless meeting in which some of the particip
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
ants actually seem to believe that they are accomplishing something productive by endlessly talking?
It's as if no one in an organization is capable of making any decision these days without having a se
It's as if no one in an organization is capable of making any decision these days without having a se
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
ies of meetings to discuss it. Even worse, this "meeting culture" that has invaded the hearts and minds of our businesses has created an army of employees who think that talking about work is the same a
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
doing work.
So what can be done to try and stamp-out these seemingly endless meetings? Let's tackle the why first. I believe that there are three main reasons for the existence of this seemingly endl
So what can be done to try and stamp-out these seemingly endless meetings? Let's tackle the why first. I believe that there are three main reasons for the existence of this seemingly endl
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
ess parade of lengthy and mindless meetings.
1) Meetings reduce individual responsibility and accountability. Instead of one person making a decision, that person can have a meeting and diffuse both th
1) Meetings reduce individual responsibility and accountability. Instead of one person making a decision, that person can have a meeting and diffuse both th
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
responsibility and the accountability for a decision.
2) Meetings make some people feel important. It gives them a sense of great importance to conduct or participate in meetings. The longer the meet
2) Meetings make some people feel important. It gives them a sense of great importance to conduct or participate in meetings. The longer the meet
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
ng drags on, the more important these people feel.
3)It has become too easy to do other things while sitting in a meeting. People take their laptops to meetings and sit and do their own thing. So whil
3)It has become too easy to do other things while sitting in a meeting. People take their laptops to meetings and sit and do their own thing. So whil
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
e one person is busy rattling off whatever it is that they want to rattle off about, other people are sitting there doing something else. This is a key reason why meetings drag on and on. There is no s
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
nse of urgency by the participants for meetings to end.
So now let's discuss what can be done to reduce both the number of and the length of the mindless meetings you must endure. The best way to reduc
So now let's discuss what can be done to reduce both the number of and the length of the mindless meetings you must endure. The best way to reduc
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
meetings to the low position on the totem pole that most of them deserve is to create an environment that encourages employees to enthusiastically accept accountability and responsibility.
In other wor
In other wor
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
s, give your employees the responsibility, the authority, the freedom, and the duty to do what needs to be done to make your organization a great success. Develop this kind of entrepreneurial mindset wi
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
thin your organization, and watch the mindless meetings begin to fade away.
That's the best way to make it happen, but there are several rules that you can implement immediately that will help you begin
That's the best way to make it happen, but there are several rules that you can implement immediately that will help you begin
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
to stamp-out all those mindless time-wasting meetings. These rules may seem extreme to you, but they will work.
First, remove all the chairs from your meeting room. Remove the comfort factor from loun
First, remove all the chairs from your meeting room. Remove the comfort factor from loun
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
ing around in meetings. Create a reason for your employees to only call meetings when absolutely necessary. Create a sense of urgency to make those meetings as short as possible.
Second, prohibit part
Second, prohibit part
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
icipants from bringing their laptops to meetings. Help everyone focus their complete attention on the issue at hand by removing their biggest distraction. If a computer is needed to properly address th
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
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
meeting's purpose, then give one participant the responsibility for bringing and using it during the meeting.
Finally, use the ancient technique utilized by many of my university professors back during
Finally, use the ancient technique utilized by many of my university professors back during
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
my MBA days. Place a limit on the amount of time a meeting participant can talk. That will force them to efficiently organize their thoughts and focus on what is really important instead of endlessly b
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
abbling.
Will these three techniques be popular? With those in your organization who have developed an intense dislike of meetings, these steps will be viewed as a move in the right direction. With th
Will these three techniques be popular? With those in your organization who have developed an intense dislike of meetings, these steps will be viewed as a move in the right direction. With th
.
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
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
se in your organization who have come to embrace the "meeting culture" as a good thing, these steps will be viewed in a much less favorable light.
Regardless, you will be clearly demonstrating exactly h
Regardless, you will be clearly demonstrating exactly h
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
w you feel about all those meetings that are wasting everyone's time and sapping so much of their productive energy. And that's a good thing for everyone in your organization to know. A very good thing
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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