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As the New Year approaches, have you thought about your career goals? What worked to years ago in planning and managing your career will not work for your career developme

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

nt in the 21st Century. Managing your career in the 21st Century requires preparation, career goal planning and career guidance and ensuring that your time is directed me

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

Examples of combination products may in

aningfully.

Here is how to find enjoyment and continue to progress in your career.

1. Determine if your present job is in line with who you are, what you value, and what

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

you are good at. Are you really doing what you want to do? Being self-aware means you become clear about what you stand for and what you have to offer. When you know wha

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

you have to offer, you become more powerful and intentional in your work. Doing a good job is no longer good enough to guarantee your career will go well. You are your mo

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

Combination pro

st important asset. Self-branding provides direction and clarity of purpose for how you work, not just what you do for a living.

2. Identify your job satisfiers and diss

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

atisfiers. Find a way to do more of the tasks/projects that you enjoy.

3. Identify your accomplishments.

4. Take the time to build and maintain relationship with individ

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

uals who might impact your work. You will benefit personally and professionally from the time you invest in such relationships.

5. Determine and write down your vision fo

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

your professional life. What actions do you need to take that will get you there? Celebrate the steps you take daily to achieve your vision. You can create the life you w

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

ant! Here are some ways you can do that:

* Keep work in perspective - remember how you left work on time in the summer?

* Manage your stress - identify what causes you

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

stress and how it affects you.

* Take time out - close your door (if you have one), call forward your phone, turn off your e-mail, take a walk. Use this time "during your

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

Following aspects would a

work day" to prepare for a big meeting, a presentation or work on a project.

* Delegate - are you spending too much time on the administrative process of your job and no

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

utilizing your skills to benefit your long-term goals and your company's goals?

* Work/Play Balance - what did you enjoy doing during the summer that you want to continu

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

e (going to the movies, playing tennis, volunteering, spending time with your kids, seeing friends, etc.)? Put it on your schedule.

6. Be Bold! Don’t be afraid to take on

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

some responsibilities in positions above you. Aim to always exceed expectations.

7. Manage your own time. Set boundaries. Learn to say "no" to non-essential use of your

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

time.

8. Look for way to do things better, and more efficiently. Change a routine task - develop a new process. Instead of handling your e-mails as you get them, set asid

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

specific times during the day to respond.

9. Be great at what you do. The knowledge and skill that create success in your current job will position you for your next mov

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

e.

10. Be aware of roadblocks that can limit your potential to move upward.

11. Take on projects that will most likely benefit you.

12. Have passion for what you are do

.

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

ing and working toward. You will automatically put more effort into it. If you are not feeling passionate about your work ask yourself: is what you “should’ be doing inter

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

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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