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Just Other Articles - Team Building - What Can it Achieve?
"Complete waste of time". "Just like the last time". "We never seem to learn from these". Sound familiar? Someone is talking about a team building session. Or are they?
I’d argue not.
I’d argue not.
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
I'd argue that they are comments commonly heard after a team bonding session. A proper team building session is one that focuses on real development. It delivers something of genuine
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
value back in the workplace. As well as fun.
The difference between the two is immense and yet people all too often think that they are the same. Indeed, most commonly, people set abou
The difference between the two is immense and yet people all too often think that they are the same. Indeed, most commonly, people set abou
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
t organising team bonding days without realising that they are missing a really important trick. Team bonding brings people closer together but only deliver improvements in team effecti
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
veness by luck. They usually focus on fun (always important!) but without a commensurate emphasis on team development.
So - team development requires a true team building session rathe
So - team development requires a true team building session rathe
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
r than just a team bonding one. Which begs the question - what can be done to genuinely improve a team in a session that only lasts a short time? Perhaps as long as two days, more commo
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
nly just the one day - or even less?
I argue that to be the best that it can be, a team needs 4 key elements - which happen to form the acronym ACME:
A) - Ability
C) - Commitment
M)
I argue that to be the best that it can be, a team needs 4 key elements - which happen to form the acronym ACME:
A) - Ability
C) - Commitment
M)
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
- Methods
E) - Experience
If you look at these, a team building session can only realistically and significantly affect just the one of them. Let's look at each.
People are born wit
E) - Experience
If you look at these, a team building session can only realistically and significantly affect just the one of them. Let's look at each.
People are born wit
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
h their ability. A session that lasts a year isn't going to increase a single person's ability. So it can't help this.
A good team building session will improve every participant's com
A good team building session will improve every participant's com
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
mitment to the cause - but only for a limited period. If you think how long it takes when you get back from holiday until you forget that you've had one, you'll understand what I mean.
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
The real world will quickly dull the initial flush of enthusiasm that a good team day will instil in the group.
Skipping to the last one, a day spent for a team of say 30 people will a
Skipping to the last one, a day spent for a team of say 30 people will a
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
dd 30 "man days" of experience to what will be literally hundreds of "man years" experience - negligible at best.
When it comes to the third letter in our acronym, however, we're in wi
When it comes to the third letter in our acronym, however, we're in wi
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
th a chance. We get to work with many organisations of all sizes in all sectors and industries and our most common reflection is that we see good people achieving things despite the way
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
they go about them - rather than because of. We see people's ability, commitment and experience papering over the cracks of their team methodology.
What are the steps to focussing on
What are the steps to focussing on
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
the M in ACME to deliver real team improvements from a session?
1) Choose an exercise that requires the same team approaches that your team need in the workplace - albeit something suf
1) Choose an exercise that requires the same team approaches that your team need in the workplace - albeit something suf
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
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
ficiently far removed from the day-to-day work that people can enjoy it.
2) Use trained observers with an understanding of the issues that the team faces and a structured observation g
2) Use trained observers with an understanding of the issues that the team faces and a structured observation g
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
uide to help them pick up the key points to feed back to the team.
3) During the debrief, ensure that the focus is on generating an action plan - one that is sufficiently detailed that
3) During the debrief, ensure that the focus is on generating an action plan - one that is sufficiently detailed that
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
everyone involved knows what they are going to do to implement it.
4) Also ensure that each action point is assigned to a named individual who is responsible for making it happen - ev
4) Also ensure that each action point is assigned to a named individual who is responsible for making it happen - ev
.
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
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 if he or she does not do it himself of herself.
5) Set a time - probably between 4 and 6 weeks away - when the plan will be reviewed - and make it plain that the action points are e
5) Set a time - probably between 4 and 6 weeks away - when the plan will be reviewed - and make it plain that the action points are e
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
xpected to be delivered within that time.
Follow this guidance for your next team building day and I'll be surprised if you hear the comments this article started with at the end of it
Follow this guidance for your next team building day and I'll be surprised if you hear the comments this article started with at the end of it
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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