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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

are five strategies for building a high-performance team.

Manage by adultery.
It’s a term coined by Chaparrel Steel to describe its management philosophy of treating wor

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

Examples of combination products may in

ers like adults instead of children. People are hired, not to do mindless jobs, but to put their brains to work. Management’s job is to give the team or work group a mission; see that they g

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

t the necessary resources, provide feedback and encouragement; and then turn them loose to be creative problem solvers.

Hire people who care.
When evaluating prospective employe

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

s, a major airline brings all job candidates together in a room and asks each person to make a presentation. Everybody thinks that the company officials are evaluating the person making the p

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

Combination pro

esentation. But in reality, the company is evaluating the candidates in the audience to see who are attentive and supportive as others are presenting. It is a strong signal that these people

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

have the ability to care about others and are potential candidates to hire.

Make sure there is a scoreboard.
One critical difference between a group and a team is that a team kn

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

ows what constitutes a win. Players in sports know instantly where their team stands and whether they are winning or losing. This information then affects how they are going to play the res

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

of the game. But in most organizations, employees may work for weeks and months and never know where their team stands and if they are winning, losing, or just hanging in there. Like sports

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

teams, business teams should also have scoreboards. Then team members would have some idea how close they are to a win and what they need to do to make it happen.

Don’t encourage employ

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

e dependence.
The Romans had an interesting practice regarding ownership. After building an arch, the engineer in change was expected to stand beneath it as the scaffolding was rem

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

Following aspects would a

ved. If the arch didn’t hold, he was the first to know. Effective leaders also keep ownership where it belongs…in the team. If the leader keeps running in and lifting the weights for his te

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

m, they are never going to build any of their own muscle. The trap in becoming a “hero leader” is that every time you pull a rabbit out of a hat, you generate more dependency from your team.

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

Important: Astute leaders welcome their employees to discuss problems and solutions, but never let them leave their problems with the leader.

Set up your team to win, not be slaughtered.<

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

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If your team is faced with multiple tasks or problems, don’t always tackle the worst ones first. Conventional wisdom says prioritize your tasks and then begin tackling your most imp

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

rtant problems, solve them and then move on to smaller ones. This approach ignores the fact that the biggest problem is usually the hardest to tackle. Therefore, if not prepared mentally, tea

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

members are more likely to fail, become demoralized, and give up. This is not permission for all of us procrastinators to put aside our tough assignment. Rather, it allows us to gain the co

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

fidence to first experience success on a smaller level before going for “the big one.”

If we don’t know it, how can we do it? Paul “Bear” Bryant, the legendary football coach at the Univers

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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

ty of Alabama, said winning team members need to know the following:

Tell me what you expect of me.

Give me an opportunity to perform.L/li>
Let me know how I’m do

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ng.
Give me guidance where I need it.

Reward me according to my contributions.

I couldn’t have said it better than Bear Bryant. Do you have a winning team

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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