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At a recent American Psychological Association conference, psychologist Paula Grubb from the National Institute for Occupational Safety an

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

d Health reported a very disturbing finding—nine out of ten workplaces in the United States experience some level of uncivil behavior, ver

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

Examples of combination products may in

al abuse, and bullying. In the first national survey of verbal aggression in the workplace, managers in a majority of the 516 surveyed com

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

anies admitted that a variety of bullying and berating behaviors—such as in-your-face verbal cuts, the silent treatment, demeaning jokes,

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

ackstabbing, scapegoating, and sexual harassment—were common in their organizations. Given today's highly competitive business environment

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

Combination pro

, constant fear of layoffs, and the aggressive corporate cultures of some industries and professions, the situation is getting worse in ma

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

y organizations. According to psychologists such as Paula Grubb, aggressive verbal and emotional abuse in the workplace fosters depression

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

insomnia, alcohol and drug abuse, and a general sense of dissatisfaction. The impact on the organization is lower productivity, staff att

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

ition, reduced motivation, and diminished job satisfaction.

Unfortunately, only 3 % of employees speak up about harassment when it occurs

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

in the workplace. Psychologist and University of Michigan professor Lilia Cortina, who has conducted three surveys of her own, notes tha

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

three out of four workers report their verbal or emotional abuse experiences—but not to senior executives, which means that top managemen

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

Following aspects would a

does not necessarily know what's really going on in the organization on a daily basis. Only 3 % of bullied or berated employees ever file

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

a formal complaint because they often feel buried in layers of corporate hierarchy and figure that such treatment is part of life in moder

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

n organizations.

Great management principles and strong corporate values such as sharing ideas at every level, respecting and valuing ind

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

viduality, building a solid foundation of trust, enabling people to tap their full potential, and doing what matters most, to name just a

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

ew, provide people in organizations with vital protection against abuses of power, knowledge and relationships. When managers and leaders

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

n organizations espouse such principles and values but fail to live up to them on a regular basis, they are malpracticing management—and d

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

estroying the confidence, trust and goodwill of their people. According to Gallup polls, over 70% of U.S. workers are disengaged at work—c

.

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

ecked out, going through the motions or acting out their unhappiness—because of management malpractice. The abuse of people at all levels

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

n organizations must be stopped if we, individually and collectively, expect to achieve new levels of progress, prosperity and fulfillment

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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