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Questions about your present, or most recent, job can be tricky and if you aren't careful you can ruin your chances by making negative or undiplomatic comments. So make sure you are prepared.

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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

n an ideal world, we'd all get on brilliantly with the boss and our colleagues - and we'd love every minute of the job. If this were the case, it's very unlikely we'd ever look for another post.

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

Examples of combination products may in

In the real world, the reason you want to leave a job may well be that you don't get on with the boss or your immediate supervisor, or that the routine has become mind-numbingly boring.

Howeve

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

r terrible your present job, the interview is not the time to discuss it. You must be professional and don’t forget, if you are offered the position, the people interviewing you will be your bos

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

s and colleagues and they don't want to work with someone who will complain about them at the first opportunity.

What questions might you be asked about your recent work history? How do you get

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

Combination pro

on with your boss? And how about your colleagues? Why do you want to leave? What do you dislike about your job?

Let's start with the first two.

How do you get on with your boss or your col

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

leagues?

Whatever the reality, you must give a positive answer. You could say, for example, that you have a good working relationship and that you have always found your boss helpful and su

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

pportive; there is a good team spirit and you get on well with your colleagues or that you work together effectively. If you are asked for specific faults in your boss or co-workers, don't be te

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

mpted to run anyone down. This question is not about them, it's about you and your loyalty. So never say anything against anyone you work with or have worked with in the past. If you feel you ca

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

n’t honestly give any of the above answers, really think about the people you work with and find something positive that you could say about them.

Why do you want to leave your present job?<

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

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You need to think carefully about this one, as employers don’t want to think that you hop from job to job, get bored quickly or are more interested in your after work activities. If there i

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

Following aspects would a

s an obvious reason, such as the end of your contract, redundancy, or you are moving to a different area, say so. Many people are reluctant to say that they have been made redundant, but remembe

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

r that it’s the post which has been redundant, not you.

What do you say if the truth is that you are bored to death in your present post?

Think carefully about why you are applying for the job

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

in question. What do you think it will give you that your present job does not? Money and longer holidays are the wrong answers. If these are the real reasons, you may well end up just as bored

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

in this job. Take a close look at what the company has to offer. Will it give you an opportunity which is lacking in your present post, for example, to develop existing skills or learn new ones

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

? Or will you have the chance to use specific qualifications or abilities, such as foreign languages, which aren’t needed in your present post? Is there the possibility of advancement, receiving

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

mentoring or taking on new responsibilities which you are unable to do now?

What do you dislike about your job?

Again, caution is needed. If you say that you specifically dislike somet

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

hing, it may be a part of the new job, which would indicate you didn’t read the job description properly and that you'll dislike this job just as much.

You could say that you enjoy your job but

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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

feel ready for something more challenging or that you have learned a great deal but are now ready to move to a post in which you will have more responsibility.

The bottom line - before applyin

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

g for a new job, make sure you can give positive reasons for leaving the old one and clear motivation for choosing the new one - and never criticise any of your co-workers.

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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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