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Working together building and maintaining long-term team relationships is the key behavior and skill of the most effective people in any organization. Mutual Trust is the secret ingredient that t

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

urns groups into teams. It leads to cooperation, productivity, faster problem solving, loyalty and high morale.

Some of the key elements that create trust:

1. Put the goals of the team first.

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

Examples of combination products may in

Place personal goals second.

2. Admit weakness, concerns and fears. People trust those who can admit they are human.

3. Ask for help when necessary. That's just as important f

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

or building team trust as offering help when it's needed.

4. Be optimistic and encouraging. Never criticize, complain or condemn.

5. Express approval. Your expression of appro

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

val towards someone satisfies their need for recognition and shows respect for their accomplishments.

6. Offer appreciation. Whenever you thank someone for anything, you raise his or her self-e

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

Combination pro

steem another notch. They feel more valuable and important.

7. Give your focused attention. This pays the team members a great compliment. You make them feel valuable and it helps to cut throug

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

h any resistance and tension.

8. Compliment worthiness. Whenever you see anything that anyone has done that's worthy of a compliment, point it out and tell them how much you admire and apprecia

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 them.

9. Practice agreeability and acceptance. People like to be around and deal with other people who accept them for who they are without judgment. You express acceptance and agreeability t

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

o others by smiling at them, nodding and agreeing when you can, even in the toughest situations.

What Ingredients Do You Need to Make an Effective Team? You can build a tru

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

sting team by looking for these kinds of members. A Facilitator: Start with a person who has a track record of getting things done through others.

A Practical Hardhead: This person brings sta

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

bility to the team and keeps everyone focused and on target. Be sure that this person is confident enough to speak out clearly, when others seem to be planting their feet firmly in midair.

A Numbers Person:<

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

Following aspects would a

/u> Be sure that someone can keep control of the budget and that dreamers don't go wild with the company's or other people's money.

At Least One Creative Person: This should be someone who will consisten

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

tly come up with innovative ideas.

A Future-minded Strategist: Every team needs someone who will project from the present into the future and will press for a backup plan.

At Least One Star Performer

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

: This person is someone who always goes beyond the minimum. These types solve problems and get involved in projects without worrying whether an activity is in their job description.

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

>Taking Lessons From The Geese. When you start to doubt the wisdom of teamwork, heed these lessons from an unlikely source --- a flock of geese. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates uplift

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

for the bird following. By flying in "V" formation, the whole flock adds 71% more to its flying range than if each bird flew alone.

Lesson: Teammates who share a common direction and sense of

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

community can get where they're going quicker and easier when they travel on shared power.When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies at the point positi

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

on.

Lesson: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing the leader's role.

When in formation, the geese from behind honk to encourage those in front to keep up their s

.

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

peed.

Lesson: Sometimes team members need to hear a little honking.

Whenever a goose is sick or wounded, two geese drop out of formation to help and protect it. They stay with it

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

until it can fly again or dies.

Lesson: Stand by one another in times of trouble.

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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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