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You feel like you’re a square peg in a round hole at the office. You see yourself as a fashion icon or someone who knows the latest trends in clothing, make up and accessories and who dresses and acts i 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 n like manner. You have used your knowledge to help out your fashion-challenged friends and family members, turning them from dowdy ducks into graceful swans through the right clothes, the correct make- ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in p and a few lessons in proper bearing, walk and projection. However, you’re working in an office where the majority dress as if they were stuck in the fifties. You decide it’s time to look for more sui lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. able employment, perhaps in a company where the dress code is much more suited to your style. You can also be more adventurous by eschewing your boring office job for a career in image consulting. T here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe e Up-and-Coming World of Image Consulting There is a multitude of fashion- and image-challenged people and companies out there. “Power suits” may be in vogue, but most people do not even know what d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro t means. Watching shows like Extreme Makeover, Project Runway or Queer Eye for the Straight Guy does not automatically make one a good dresser. This is the reason why image consulting is fast becoming 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 major business in the country today. Image, in today’s visually-conscious environment, is everything. Those who are out of step quickly find themselves left behind and unsure of how to catch up. At 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 he same time, people (and companies) realize that image isn’t a matter of fashion or physical appearance alone. People form impressions on how someone looks and behaves – vocal communications (how a per nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically on speaks, his grammar, vocabulary, diction), non-verbal cues (handshakes, posture, eye contact), and etiquette – from how a person dines to how he handles a cell phone during meetings. There are a lot 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 f people who need help in crafting an image: women who want a new look, job-seekers who want to create a favorable first impression, corporate executives and their spouses, lawyers and their clients, can ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi er survivors, singles seeking a partner, and so on. The field is wide open, and if you have the skills and abilities, you may just be in a position to establish your own image consulting business. S ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a ills, Abilities and First Steps If you’re someone with a strong visual sense and excellent communications skills plus a large dose of diplomacy and tact in your genetic make-up, you have the basic t dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod ols that you need. Diplomacy and tact are a definite requirement. Bear in mind that you are only ‘advising’ someone on what to wear, say or do. Most people resist change; you must be able to guide you cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin clients onto the proper path without antagonizing them. Fashion sense is of course important. You need to be able to advise your clients on what to wear, what not to wear, what make-up and accessories tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen go with what for a wide range of occasions: corporate meetings, casual Fridays, dinner with the boss, conventions and the like. Start small and gain experience as you go. Offer free makeovers to frien 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 s, family members and office mates. Learn how to deal with people and, at the same time, start making contacts – hair stylists, makeup artists, nutritionists and personal trainers, voice coaches and the ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust like. Not only can they advise you on the current trends; you can refer clients to them for things that you are not capable of handling. They can reciprocate the favor by referring people to you. Bear y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products in mind the need to establish your reputation and abilities. Take ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots of your initial clients (friends, family members, office mates) so you’ll have an image consulting portfolio . 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 o show off to prospective clients who may soon become your paying clients. Most importantly, bear in mind that your first client is yourself. You cannot become a credible image consultant unless you pr elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip ject that image yourself. Start with yourself, gain experience through friends and family, get your name and reputation out there and soon enough, you’ll be run off your feet dealing with paying clients 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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