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You’re really doing it. You’re going back into the rat race. After being out of the workforce for a couple of months - or even several years - it’s time 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

jump back in with both feet. But how do you do it?

I Can Do It

That’s your mantra for your job search. You’re concerned – even intimidated – by a

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

Examples of combination products may in

l those people out there who have a stellar work-record. But you know what? You have something special and unique that you can bring to an employer. That i

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

what you have to remember throughout this whole process. You have to have confidence in yourself so that others will have confidence in you as well.

By 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

l accounts, job seekers with a picture-perfect employment history do tend to have an advantage over you. Their resumes may be better received than those wh

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

Combination pro

are re-entering the workforce or are changing careers. But just because they may have an edge, doesn’t mean you can’t create your own.

Explain What Yo

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

’ve Been Doing

This might seem like a very simple step, but oftentimes job seekers are afraid to address their employment gap in their resume package.

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

However, if you ignore it, then the employer is left to fill in the gaps…usually not to the benefit of the job seeker.

In your cover letter, briefly expla

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

n why you’ve been unemployed. No need to go into great detail, but you should address it. While you’re at it, you can tell them what you’ve been doing with

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

your ‘time off’ and how you’ve been constantly trying to improve yourself and enhance your skills. You’ve been doing this, right?

A Different Format Ma

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

Be Necessary

Employers are used to seeing resumes in a certain format. When they see it differently, a red flag might go up. Why? Because it’s often

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

Following aspects would a

a sign of a less-than-perfect work history. That’s okay. You can overcome that. Conduct a brainstorming session with yourself and write down all your skill

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

and achievements. That is going to be your biggest challenge. It can be from past work history, what you’ve done while unemployed, or a combination of bot

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

. Then grab a couple of resume samples you can look at for help with formatting.

Interview as a Professional

Even if you’re a mom going back to wo

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

k after several years, you have to leave that persona behind. The minute you speak to someone – via phone or in person – about a job, you are a job seeker

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

n the professional world.

Interviewing is nerve-wracking even for job seekers who go through them every couple of years. It can be downright frightening f

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

r those who are returning to the workforce. One of the reasons for this is the lack of practice. Another one is lack of confidence. Sometimes, if you pract

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

ce, practice, practice, the confidence will follow because you know you can present yourself in a professional manner and answer all those tough interview

.

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

uestions that are bound to be asked.

So for you job seekers going back to work, congratulations! You are embarking on a new chapter of your life. View it

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

s a positive event, prepare yourself and your resume package and you just might find going back to work is an extremely satisfying and rewarding experience

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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