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It has been becoming a common practice in organizations to produce high productive results through ensuring effective teamwork (Papers4you.com, 2006). Many experts have argued that teamwor

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

k is really an effective tool in organizations where work is highly interconnected and demands up to date information sharing. For that purpose, it is imperative to first build an effectiv

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

Examples of combination products may in

team and second to motivate them in various monetary and non monetary ways to gain maximum output.

There are certain characteristics of an effective team that should be ensured for optim

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

um out put (Robbins & Coulter, 2002). It is argued that an effective team always have clear team goals that encourage team members to replace priority of individual goals with that of team

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

one. Team should also comprise of people with relevant skills according to the context of goals. Mutual trust is also imperative among team members and that can be facilitated through open

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

Combination pro

, honest and collaborative organizational culture. It was further argued that such trust may give rise to unified commitment that is directly linked with high level of intensity to achieve

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

team goals. Similarly good communications and negotiation skills through which each member can understand each other is also imperative and all these processes should be lead by an effecti

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

ve team leader who can motivate team members even in difficult situations.

Apart from ensuring such characteristics it is highly beneficial if organizations provide teams with any team in

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

entives as it can have twofold benefits (Papers4you.com, 2006). First, it provides an opportunity for each team member to secure a bonus on a outcome of whole group that can push the membe

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

r to work hard for group achievements. Second, due to common incentive for whole group, it will flourish cooperation instead of competition among team members hence increasing chances of a

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

hieving team goals (Cascio, 1995).

Apart from giving monetary incentives, sometimes organizations may pursue non monetary motivational incentives such as giving them sense of involvement

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

Following aspects would a

and empowerment. Beardwell & Holden (2001) highlights Quality Circles (QCs) as one of such techniques where team of 6-10 employees in meeting held weekly or fortnightly identifies problems

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

from their own area through data collection methods and statistical techniques. These problems are then analyzed by same team, solutions are devised and then formally present to the manage

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

r who may implement this circle’s proposal. Thus a sense of power of their own destiny is felt by team members.

Hence effective team work can be achieved through effective team building a

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

d teamwork is always beneficial for organizations as it increase flexibility and speed as task is being done by more than one individual with different skills, effective use of diverse wor

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

kforce is possible where more innovative ideas and efficient decision making is more probable due to heterogeneity in the team and more importantly provided by right set of motivation and

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

upport it can increase productivity far more than what can be achieved on individual basis (Robbins & Coulter, 2002)

References

Beardwell, I. & Holden, L., (2001), ‘Human Resource Manage

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

ment- A Contemporary Approach’ Third Edition, Essex: Pearson Education Limited

Cascio, W., F., (1995), ‘Managing Human Resources’ International Edition, US: McGraw Hill.

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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

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Companies that provide selfless information through particip

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Robbins, S, P & Coulter, M, (2002), ‘Management’, Sixth Edition, New Jersey: Prentice- Hall In

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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