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THE CHANGING BOSS-SECRETARY RELATIONSHIP: Imagine a partnership at work. One member is outlining the agenda for the annual stockholders’ meeting, th

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

e other is managing the logistics. The last decade has brought many changes to the traditional boss/secretary relationship. We now see powers and re

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

Examples of combination products may in

sponsibilities delegated to “executive assistants” that only ten years ago would have been the sole province of the boss. And there has been a corre

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

sponding rise in the prestige and influence of those secretaries chosen to fill such positions. The fact is that fewer women are willing to be caree

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

r secretaries.

QUALIFIED SECRETARIES: Qualified secretaries are hard to find and even harder to keep satisfied for any appreciable period of time.

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

Combination pro

The most talented and enterprising are voicing the same concerns as a burgeoning number of their fellow employees: “What are the opportunities for g

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

rowth and advancement?” That has become a popular question. Women who were secretaries in the 1960’s are now managers and vice presidents who functi

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

on as role models for the current group of secretaries. On the other hand, some corporations continue notoriously resistant to employee advancement

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

from clerical positions, leading to frustration and lowered incentive for people in these posts.

VALUING THE SECRETARY: Ideally, the secretary shou

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

ld be acknowledged as an integral part of the management team. When the boss drafts a letter, it is the secretary who checks it for spelling, correc

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

t grammar and punctuation and types it up accurately and neatly to present a professional and appropriate image. He or she must also make sure of de

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

Following aspects would a

tails such as researching to whom the letter should be directed for maximum effect and assuring its timeliness. Boss and secretary are responsible f

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

or different parts of the same project—a team effort, a partnership. In this case, the boss initiates the action and the secretary follows it throug

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

h—both acts are essential to success.

BOSS-SECRETARY RELATIONSHIP: In a true working partnership, both individuals feel confident of the talents co

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

ntributed, and both feel respected and appreciated. It is a given that the secretary views the boss this way or at least acts in a way that implies

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

it. To reap the potential benefits of a boss-secretary partnership, it is becoming more important that the boss cultivate ways of showing the secret

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ary that the road travels both ways. Higher wages, of course, are the most immediate incentive in attracting and motivating a skilled secretary, but

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

it is not by any means the only factor. In the case of clerical work, some relief from routine may be as great an incentive as a pay increase. For

.

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

example, more interesting and decision-oriented types of work could be delegated to those secretaries who have shown themselves capable of handling

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

it. Many employees are interested in the acknowledgment of their contributions and visible enhancement of their prestige in the corporate structure.

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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