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It’s a tough job market out there. It is sufficiently tough that when you are lucky enough to get a job interview, make the most of the opportunity.

Dress properly for the job you are being interviewed for and

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

the company giving it.

If you interview for a job as a mail clerk with a bank, for example, you might think “mail room equals casual clothes.” If the employer is local, it is a good idea to stroll through the l

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

Examples of combination products may in

bby before the interview and absorb the ambiance. Ask “How do the people here dress?” Follow their lead.

Employers spend a lot of money training new hires. Yes, even mail room clerks need to know more than how

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

much postage costs. Companies like to spend money on those with the potential to move up the ladder. As they interview you, they ask themselves “can this person become part of the total organization?”

The perso

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

whose interview says, “I can I make it in the mail room, and if you train me, I can be upwardly mobile,” is the person who gets the job. Companies like to promote from within.

If you interview for a job where

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

Combination pro

ou go home dirty at the end of the day, casual clothes for the interview are fine. Dirt, however, is not. People associate cleanliness with honesty and ethics. You may go home from work dirty, but most companies

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

do not want you to show up at work looking that way. They want you to look fresh… and clean.

When you fill out an application -- or, submit a resume -- be truthful, be brief, and be neat. If an interviewer is

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

nable read your writing on an application, how will they read it on company documents or correspondence or invoices if they hire you?

Watch your grammar and your spelling. It may have been more fun in school do

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

ng things other than learning to write proper sentences and spell the words in it, but you are in the real world, now. People with jobs don’t put your enjoyment of life ahead of their profits.

Regardless of who

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

interviews you, your very first communiqu? with that person is a silent one. Within the first few seconds of meeting the interviewer, you will shake hands and you will (or will not) establish eye contact.

A la

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

k of eye contact places you below other, less-qualified candidates on the interviewer’s score sheet.

So, too, do weak handshakes. Parents often do not teach their children proper handshakes. A wet noodle handsh

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

Following aspects would a

ke tells interviewers you lack the confidence to deal effectively with the public.

A proper handshake is accomplished by putting the empty space between your thumb and index finger against the other party’s emp

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ty space between their thumb and index finger. Both hands close, and a satisfactory level of pressure is applied by each of the two hands.

“Satisfactory” does not mean squeezing so hard you would be better off

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

t an arm wrestling match. The purpose of a good handshake is to make the other person to think, “Yes, this is a solid, stable person.” In my day, it told whether or not a person had character.

The word is “yes,

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

not “yeah.” It is “going to,” not “gonna.” It is “no,” not “huh-uh.” Slang may be okay for the schoolyard… but you are not there, anymore. The words “sir” or “ma’am” are good, too.

A good way to leave an inter

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

view (after the interviewer makes it obvious it is over) is to ask for a business card (if one has not already been given to you). A comfortable way to do that is to offer one of your own.

No, it does not have

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

company name on it. Not yet. But if you reach into your wallet and present a business card with your name, address and telephone number on it and ask the interviewer if he or she has a card, your preparedness a

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

d self-assurance is a plus. It is a simple and inexpensive matter to create professional-looking business cards on computers, these days.

After an interview, it is good to write a follow-up letter. It should be

.

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

brief, but warm… not friendly. They are hiring an employee, not a friend. Include relevant information about the position for which you interviewed and explain briefly why you find the position of particular in

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

erest.

Remember, it is not where you start out in life that is important. What is important is the company you start out with and the potential you both bring to the table to progress further down a career path

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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