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Once upon a time I worked for a Vice President of Sales who made me want to be a better sales person. He was confident and he expounded from experience. When he spoke to

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

you he looked you in eye. When he touted hard work as the one reliable indicator of success, you knew he meant it because he’d done it.

Most of us have been fortunate t

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

Examples of combination products may in

o have spent a period of our professional lives with someone we would walk on hot coals to please. This particular gentleman, in my professional life, made we want to sel

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

l better and be better, at everything.

Not all Vice Presidents of Sales are going to possess the natural leadership ability and intangible traits that made this person a

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

perfect fit. There is a question we should ask however: Should they not all try?

The Vice President of Sales is really the President of the country we sales people call

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

Combination pro

“the sales force”. Mr. President of Sales Force America should treat his constituent salespeople much like the President of the United States treats the voting public. T

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

he President of the United States runs the government of the people and for the people. Then too, the Vice President of Sales should run the sales force of the salespeopl

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 and for the salespeople.

The Vice President of Sales should become an advocate for an improved compensation plan not its inhibitor. He should stump from the podium and

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

from the conference call and lead his team. He should be the best salesperson in the company and he should be selling! Who was the last quarterback who led his team to

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

the Super Bowl from the bench? How can today’s organizations compete in our market of personal creativity and innovation with a President of Sales Force America who sells

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

from the bench? The answer: they cannot.

Leadership has never been more important than in today’s marketplace. And there is not a stronger need for leadership among an

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

Following aspects would a

y group of individuals as there is amongst salespeople. We’re looking for inspiration every day and from every corner. If it’s not a book, it’s a tape. If it’s not a ta

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

pe, it’s a movie. If it’s not a movie, it’s a co-worker. If it’s not a co-worker, it’s a friend or it’s your spouse or your kids. Inspiration is the lifeblood that feed

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

s motivation. Motivation is the fuel that propels us every day to throw ourselves into the fires of rejection. Believing in your sales leaders and watching them fight th

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

ose fires is the best source of inspiration a sales person can have.

How important is an effective Vice President of Sales? He is more important than the CEO. Last time

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

I checked I’d rather have the talent in front of the customer as opposed to sitting in a high-back leather chair praying to the Gods of EPS and CAGR.

The message then Mr

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

. President from just one of the millions of voters in Sales Force America is thank you. Thank you for being a Vice President of Sales who has sold something in his caree

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

r. Thank you for spending nights away from your family to inspire your sales constituents. Thank you for your face to face hand shakes and your crisp direction in the cl

.

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

ient’s office. Thank you for having the number one quality that the President of Sales Force America can have: Selflessness.

You are one of us and we think you represent

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

the best of us. When we open our eyes in the morning, they will stay open and we’ll prepare. We’ll prepare Mr. President because we know somewhere you’re preparing too.

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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