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What are your career goals? This is probably the most important question you can ask and very few people can actually

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

answer it. It's amazing and a bit of a paradox that most of us career people spend so much time with career planning

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

Examples of combination products may in

nd working toward goals that we hardly can specify.

In the starting phase of a career, things don't always seem like

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

a big deal; in fact they are pretty easy. Most people appreciate having a job, and when the job is new, almost any ass

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

gnment is challenging. Our employees record signs of progress and assume that their employers are on track. Many of u

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

Combination pro

s are promoted one or more times. But do we know our ultimate destination?

When we grow older and mature, promotions

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

ecome less frequent, relationships and politics means more while both pressure and expectations escalate both at work

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

and at home and wisdom takes over. Your career or job goals are likely to change more than one time in life. As you g

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

ow and develop and learn more about yourself and your jobs, you may change your mind.

So how do you go ahead to disco

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

ver your real career or professional goals?

Know what You really want - You need knowledge about you

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

self as well as information about the career options that fit your skills, values and interests.

Intere

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

Following aspects would a

t clarification - You must explore your work interests or preferences. Try to recall what courses or training you

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

really enjoyed and which careers you've considered pursuing.

Value assessment - You must find out w

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

ich of your values are important to you in terms of job and career satisfaction.

Determine Your Skills
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
b> - You must list the skills you currently possess as well as skills you do not have and wish to develop. Skills can
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
riginate from education, work experiences as well as from experiences from your life in general.

Explore

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

the career options - Do not limit yourself to one but look at various career fields. Find out what each of the

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

entails.

Set Preliminary Goals - Summarize the results of your self-assessment in a prioritized lis

.

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

t or statement to serve as a reference as you begin to identify and research employers

If you do a good a

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

d thorough research, you will be able to uncover your real career or job goals; what you were meant to do in your life

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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