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Main Subject - Boost Your Job Security and Make Yourself Promote-able: WOW 'Em From Day One
Jobs are disappearing every day. The key to saving yours or even improving your position is making yourself valuable to the company—being promote-able rather than dispensable. Here’s a quick list of things you can do every day (starting with Day One) to boost your own job security:
-- Make your boss l
-- Make your boss l
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
ook good. If you’re key to making your boss succeed, and s/he gets promoted, you increase your chances of being promoted, too.
-- Put forth your very best effort in everything you’re asked to do, no matter how trivial it may seem. It’s probably not trivial to your boss.
-- Dress like those who are on
-- Put forth your very best effort in everything you’re asked to do, no matter how trivial it may seem. It’s probably not trivial to your boss.
-- Dress like those who are on
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
e level above you in the organization. If you look like the guy at the bottom of the totem pole, you’re more likely to stay there, because that’s how others will think of you.
-- Keep a notepad and pen with you at all times to keep track of names, deadlines, and promises made. A big part of your job i
-- Keep a notepad and pen with you at all times to keep track of names, deadlines, and promises made. A big part of your job i
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
s to make your boss succeed. If s/he doesn’t take good notes, yours might ‘save’ them sometime—making you even more valuable.
-- Offer opinions only when asked; offer solutions and helpful information as often as possible. Bring problem situations to the attention of your boss only after you have form
-- Offer opinions only when asked; offer solutions and helpful information as often as possible. Bring problem situations to the attention of your boss only after you have form
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
ulated at least one solution or improvement that you can present at the same time—unless, of course, it’s an emergency that’s time-critical, but still try to have at least one even-partially-formulated potential solution.
-- Always keep up with reading the most important publications associated with y
-- Always keep up with reading the most important publications associated with y
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
ur line of work. It may be the local paper, the Wall Street Journal, or a professional journal—either subscribe, go to the library, borrow a copy, or read it online, but keep up with the news and trends in your field so you will always be current.
-- Never hand in the first draft of any written work—p
-- Never hand in the first draft of any written work—p
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
ut extra effort into accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail (especially grammar and spelling). Use writing aids or take a class, if necessary. In a professional office environment, your chances of promotion are pretty slim if you don’t have good writing skills.
-- When you’re not very busy, d
-- When you’re not very busy, d
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
on’t sit back and relax. Ask for more work—but take on only as much as you can accomplish at a high level of quality.
-- Try to meet as many people as possible in order to build your professional network of contacts. You’ll want to keep in touch with these people when they, or you, leave the company.
-- Try to meet as many people as possible in order to build your professional network of contacts. You’ll want to keep in touch with these people when they, or you, leave the company.
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
-- Always follow the unwritten rules of the workplace to a ‘T.’ If you ‘rub someone the wrong way’ or end up on the wrong end of a political struggle, you may ruin your chances of being promoted or could even lose your job. What you see as independence or creativity may be seen by your superiors as re
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
bellion or inflexibility.
-- Be a team player. Devote your energies to helping your project team or department succeed, and make an effort to get along well with your teammates—always giving credit where it’s due. Taking the credit for work or ideas that are not yours always ends up backfiring, sooner
-- Be a team player. Devote your energies to helping your project team or department succeed, and make an effort to get along well with your teammates—always giving credit where it’s due. Taking the credit for work or ideas that are not yours always ends up backfiring, sooner
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
or later.
-- Improve on, or learn, foreign language skills. Companies with international offices, or planning to expand, will use these as criteria for making international assignments or promotions into management. It’s becoming more important every year.
-- Learn the business—cross-training is crit
-- Improve on, or learn, foreign language skills. Companies with international offices, or planning to expand, will use these as criteria for making international assignments or promotions into management. It’s becoming more important every year.
-- Learn the business—cross-training is crit
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
ical. It’s great to be an ‘expert’ in your own field or department, but if you can find ways to learn about other departments, projects, or teams, you make yourself even more valuable. If cross-department projects come up, volunteer for them. Or take night classes to learn the fundamental skills of a d
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
ifferent department than the one you’re in.
-- Keep your eye on the details of your work. Grasping the Big Picture is great and valuable, but staying intimate with the details of your projects will prevent anything from ‘falling through the cracks’ that could jeopardize your credibility or job.
-- Ne
-- Keep your eye on the details of your work. Grasping the Big Picture is great and valuable, but staying intimate with the details of your projects will prevent anything from ‘falling through the cracks’ that could jeopardize your credibility or job.
-- Ne
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
twork, network, network—inside and outside your company. The more people who know of you and your abilities, the greater your opportunities will be for better assignments, promotions, and future job leads in other companies. Waiting until you need contacts is not the time to start networking!
-- Be a
-- Be a
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
problem solver. Always look for ways of finding and distributing valuable information; offering solutions to problems; brainstorming ideas for improving procedures; or creating new products or services. Never be critical about the way things are now; just offer ways to make things better.
-- When work
-- When work
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
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
ng on a project, don’t assume everything will go smoothly. It probably won’t. Stay positive, but also try to anticipate problems and have solutions ready so you don’t get pulled down and lose focus.
-- Try to find a mentor. Ask at your professional association—they may have a list of executives who ar
-- Try to find a mentor. Ask at your professional association—they may have a list of executives who ar
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
e willing to help young people along by ‘showing them the ropes’ and offering advice. One savvy insight from a mentor can go a long way to solidifying your future.
-- Keep track of your accomplishments, the equipment you’ve used, and the skills you’ve learned. Update your resume every time you accompl
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
ish something significant or different so you won’t have to rush if you ever need one quickly. You’ll need it to apply for a promotion, for a move to another department, if you get laid off, or if you hear of a great opportunity elsewhere.
-- Ask your boss what it takes to get promoted, devise a strat
-- Ask your boss what it takes to get promoted, devise a strat
.
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
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
egy with him to get any training you need, and concentrate on those areas on a daily basis.
-- Continue to learn all you can about technological improvements in your field—they determine how you perform your job. Because technical skills can become outdated quickly, you must continuously upgrade them.
-- Continue to learn all you can about technological improvements in your field—they determine how you perform your job. Because technical skills can become outdated quickly, you must continuously upgrade them.
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
If you’re an engineer, this may mean learning about new software. If you’re a writer, it may mean learning the new features in word processing and desktop publishing software.
Armed with these tips, you're ready to hit the ground running in a new job or boost your security in the one you already have
Armed with these tips, you're ready to hit the ground running in a new job or boost your security in the one you already have
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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