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So you have partnered with a Virtual Assistant and now you are trying to think of ways to truly utilize them to your benefit. Here are twelve ways you probably have never thought of:

1. Internet Research

Want to stay

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

a step ahead of the competition? Have your Virtual Assistant (VA) research what your competition is up to and provide you with a detailed report. Maybe you want to have an interesting and original corporate party this

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

Examples of combination products may in

year, have your VA research a theme and provide you with a list of ideas. Maybe you want to know the best bang for your marketing dollars. Your VA can put together a detailed report including Internet rankings, costs 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.

d associated benefits.

2. Off-Site Data Storage

Ever wondered what to do with your computer backups? Have your VA store a copy of your data files at their offices. Now your business files and data will truly be prote

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

ted from fire and theft.

3. Organizational Tasks

A VA can assist you in implementing new office systems that will assist with the information flow within your office. They can keep you on track so you no longer miss

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

Combination pro

important dates or meetings. Ask your VA to provide you with some great tips to help you and your business become better organized.

4. Follow Up

A VA can follow up with your clients – send thank you notes, conduct 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

rveys, etc. They can ensure your client doesn’t feel that the service ended once they paid you. A VA assists in making your clients feel they are important.

5. Business Support

Whenever you want to bounce ideas off

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

f someone or get a second opinion, your VA will be there for you and your business. Ask your VA whenever you need a helpful hint on how to do something more efficiently or even if you just don’t know how to do somethin

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

; they can assist you to complete the task. After all they too are a business owner and know what it takes to run a business.

6. Directions

A VA can provide you with directions to any location – be prepared before yo

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

u leave for your business meeting and know exactly how to get there. Perhaps you are lost and in the middle of “no-where”, putting a call into your Virtual Assistant can help get you back on track and headed in the rig

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

t direction.

7. File Conversions

Word to PDF or PDF to Word – a VA can assist you in converting documents to a format you can amend/edit or distribute without the fear of it being edited or amended.

8. Purchasing an

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

Following aspects would a

/or Supplies Management

Your VA can assist you by ordering your supplies/inventory items and having them delivered directly to your office.

9. Business Card Management

So what are you doing with all those business c

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

rds you collect at networking functions and corporate events? Why not have your VA input them into a spreadsheet or contact management program so they are usable to you?

10. Human Resources

A VA can assist you with y

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

our staffing needs – they can take care of placing advertisements, screening resumes and applicants and conducting reference checks.

11. Reminder Calls

Ensure you are never left waiting again. Have your VA contact yo

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

r clients and remind them of upcoming events. Perhaps it is you that needs the reminding; have your VA remind you of important meetings and dates.

12. Event Planning

Be it a conference, a seminar or a meeting, your V

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

can assist you with all the details from concept to on-site coordination – they can ensure all permits, licenses and equipment are there and ready for your use and that location, snacks and registration are accounted

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

or.

As you can see there truly are many ways to utilize a Virtual Assistant over and above those tasks you are utilizing them for right now. The tasks your Virtual Assistant can complete are limited only by your imagi

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

nation and their skill set.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Yvonne Weld is the owner of Canadian based ABLE Virtual Assistant Services specializing in providing administrative and bookkeeping support to busy entrepreneurs. She is

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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

lso the author of The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Thriving Business which provides a step-by-step guide to documenting your business. For your free audio teleclass on the areas you should consider when documenting you

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

business and for more information about The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Thriving Business, visit the Web site at http://www.thrivingbusinessmanual.com

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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