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    Have you ever managed a large multi-shift workforce? Have you ever thought “What if I could personally communicate with everyone on all shifts?” I once managed a large multi-shift workforce and communicating to that workforce was a big issue for
    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
    me and it was very important to do it properly. I was the manager of an 800+, 5 shift factory. One of my important themes was communication. I wanted every employee to know how our operation had performed against last month’s go
    ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

    Examples of combination products may in
    als and objectives and I wanted all employees to know what the up-coming month’s goals and objectives were. Everyone contributed to our performance. Therefore, all employees had to know and understand our goals and objectives. It was important to the te
    lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

    am.

    This is what I did. On the third of the month the Accounting Department had to have the records for the prior month completed. I then called a meeting with my staff (8 people) and we discussed how we wanted to present the performance of the prior m
    here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
    nth. It had to be easy to communicate and understand because the intention was that all employees would be presented with the same information. We also defined how we wanted to present the current month’s objectives. We roughed out a PowerPoint presenta
    d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

    Combination pro
    tion to do this. My personal assistant was responsible for taking notes and drafting the presentation.

    The next day my staff and I would get together and vet the presentation. We would make additions and subtractions and refine it.

    I would then presen
    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
    t it to my staff and my staff was responsible for presenting it to their staff and over the course of the next few days all employees would have had a chance to see the presentation. Some employees were hearing it second, third or even forth hand. Many
    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
    f the people presenting did not have the luxury of having all the background information that my staff had. There were arguments over conference room bookings and some managers had to present on 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift. Some even came in on the weekend t
    nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
    o present to 4th and 5th shift. It was a time consuming and somewhat disruptive exercice. It was worth it.

    I tasked the Human Resource Department to keep track of whether a person was presented to and this was a big task for them.

    All of my staff agre
    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
    ed that it was a valuable exercise but all also wished there was a better way.

    There is.

    Today, it is easy enough to convert a PowerPoint presentation to Flash. However, it is not always that easy to voice narrate to it and to then distribute that pre
    ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
    entation. I would like to introduce you to a tool that makes the conversion to Flash, the voice narration creation and the distribution of the final result – a voice narrated presentation - easy and straight forward. The tool is
    ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

    Following aspects would a
    the PTT Presenter and PTT stands for Presentations That Talk.

    The initial creation of the presentation is still done with PowerPoint. The voice narration is done with the telephone - any telephone. It is just like talking to a voice messaging system an
    dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

    Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
    Which combination prod
    d one can narrate to a presentation on a slide-by-slide basis. The distribution can be by e-mail, on a website, a company intranet or even in a company e-newsletter. The viewer does not need to have PowerPoint to view a presentation (just be connected t
    cts are meaningful and rational?
    Which therapeutic categories to select?
    Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
    Do combin
    o the Internet and have a browser) as the presentation has been converted to Flash. It is converted to Flash simply by loading it up to the server.

    If I had access to this technology when I was committed to communicating to all employees on all shifts
    tions increase the patient compliance?
    What would be the developing cost?
    How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
    hen I would have had the following benefits.

    1. I would have done the voice over myself so all employees would have heard what I emphasized and embellished directly from me.
    2. I could rest assured that all employees were getting the same mes
    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
    sage.
  • The message could be viewed multiple times. This would have helped with retention and understanding.
  • The Human Resource Department could use the viewer statistic records, which are built into the PTT system, to generate reports on
  • ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

    Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
    who viewed and when and how often.
  • The scheduling of meeting rooms and the hassle of certain managers coming in on 3rd, 4th or 5th shifts could have been minimized.
  • The PTT Presenter system can add surveys that can be recorded so that ma
  • y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
    agement can gain insights into employee opinion. Today, it is important to know what tools are available and to use the appropriate technology in the proper manner and in the proper situation. This type of communication is no substitute for f
    .

    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
    ace-to-face communication but it does provide a consistent and streamlined way to present information to a large multi-shift or geographically diverse audience. It is a great communication tool for today’s workplace.

    To learn more about online voice-na
    elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

    Companies that provide selfless information through particip
    rrated PowerPoint presentations and how to use the PTT Presenter for workplace communications visit the website of Presentations That Talk. Simple type Presentations That Talk into the Google Search field as we come up number one


    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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