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When the first generation of women entered the workforce in earnest in the 1970s, they succeeded in the only way they could – by imitating men. Authoritarian lead

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

ership and tight control was the hallmark of that day's businessman, and women were not exactly welcomed into the ranks of management. Well ladies, that was yeste

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

Examples of combination products may in

rday, and today is today!

Forget what your mama or your boss told you, because following the rules can be bad for your career. Today's CEO/entrepreneur can no lo

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

nger tap his/her company's full potential using a "command-and-control" style. The 21st century business woman needs to be able to build a vision based on the awa

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

reness of economic transformation, then help her partners and staff fulfill that vision. She must draw on a wide range of skills to get to the top and stay there.

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

Combination pro

Following are 7 Key Characteristics that are essential:

1. Sell the Vision: A leader with a fresh, independent plan for her company's growth and future has a dis

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

tinct advantage in luring and keeping great talent and investors. Vision is not some lofty ideal, but an obtainable concept that is easy to understand and will ma

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

ke the company grow to another level.

2. Reinvent the Rules: While women have traditionally been socialized to please others, the 21st century leader knows that

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

good girls rarely post great returns. The strong managers/owners today not only anticipate change, they create entirely new organizations that respond to shifts a

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

nd search for innovation.

3. Achieve With A Laser Focus: Go where others fear to tread! Being aggressive and ambitious has long been considered male traits, but

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

hey are key qualities for new leaders. Today's business woman has the ability to home in on opportunities that others may simply not see, and then excel in that u

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

Following aspects would a

ncharted territory.

4. Use High-Touch in a High-Tech Era: When a number of leaders are conducting business by e-mail, voice mail, passwords, and PINs, the female

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

entrepreneur succeeds because she guides with a strong, personal, bed-side manner. Today's business woman is just as technologically savvy as her peers, but her s

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

kill with staff and customers is "high-touch" which gives her a critical edge and separation from the "pack".

5. Challenge or Opportunity? – Women are great at tu

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

rning a challenge into an opportunity instead of using the "slash-and-burn" approach. They are able to make bold strokes, but they also win the cooperation of oth

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

rs in the organization in making any transformation a success.

6. A Customer Preference Obsession: In this information age which makes it easier to shop around f

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

or the best "whatever", businesses must work harder to give people what they want before their competitors do. There is no substitute for spending time with clien

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

ts to become expert at their businesses and learn their demands. Female leaders are almost intuitively adept in doing just that, and without the client even suspe

.

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

cting.

7. Courage Under Fire: Show me any career woman or female entrepreneur today that isn't able to "stand-the-heat" in any tough-call situation. Their decis

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ion-making skills are rooted in a high level of confidence, because they've had to weather and surpass any and all "corporate" storms they've encountered over time

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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