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This article relates to the Recognition competency, commonly evaluated in employee satisfaction surveys. It tells the story of how the performance of one team was affected

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

when the powerful motivator of daily praise and recognition disappeared. This competency also explores what type of behavior is appreciated and rewarded within your organiz

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

Examples of combination products may in

ation. Studies show that employees who receive regular recognition and praise are more likely to increase their individual productivity levels, increase engagement with the

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

ir colleagues, and stay longer at the organization. Evaluating this competency can be especially useful if your organization is experiencing low productivity levels or inef

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

fective teamwork.

This short story, The Best Incentives Are Free, is part of AlphaMeasure's compilation, Tales from the Corporate Frontlines. It illustrates the value of p

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

Combination pro

raise and recognition as a powerful, cost-effective motivator available to managers on a daily basis.

Anonymous Submission

I work at a company that prides itself o

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

n the exceptional quality of its customer service. As employees, we handle a variety of customer issues and concerns by phone, as well as mail and e-mail. In the past, my t

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

eam has won several awards due to the enormous amount of positive feedback we consistently received from satisfied clients.

Recently, the situation changed. Our manager in

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

formed us that for some reason, our productivity was down. We would need to direct our focus toward handling a larger number of customers per hour each day. We were told th

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

at quantity was of the utmost importance. Since our team already demonstrated that it could excel in terms of quality, the change in focus should present no problem.

We op

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

rated under this direction for a time, focusing only on the number of customers serviced each hour. After a while, the service awards stopped. We no longer received the dai

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

Following aspects would a

ly praise and recognition for a situation expertly handled or a glowing review e-mailed to our manager from a valued customer.

When the company examined the results of an

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

employee satisfaction survey, they showed that our team members experienced a substantial decrease in motivation when the daily recognition and praise stopped. Our team, as

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

well as other employees throughout the company, ranked it as one of their most powerful incentives to providing the highest quality service - and for meeting the required

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

quotas of cases handled. The team members expressed the opinion that superb customer service was their job description - no extra reward was needed, but praise and recognit

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

ion for a job well done was billed as the most effective motivator.

Upon review of the employee survey results, management realized the mistake made. Ignoring or minimizin

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

g the importance of our achievements in quality had caused our team morale to decline, as well as the quality of our work, even though we had produced the required numbers.

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

The solution? Daily praise and recognition, given sincerely, positively, and specifically, must be reinstituted. Smart managers use this powerful motivational tool as oft

.

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

en as possible. It's a cost-effective (free), proven productivity booster that enhances morale and creates a better all around workplace environment.

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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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