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Once again, I'm taking a look at the current status of the programming job market. I guess my biggest interest is in seeing which programming languages are the most p

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

opular. Originally, I did an article about this 3 months ago (Decisions! Decisions!) as an exercise to see if where I was headed as a programmer was in tune with wher

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

Examples of combination products may in

the market is headed. When I go back a look at that article, I'm surprised at where I was heading. At that time I felt that C# was the best direction for me to look

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

nto. Well, now we're three months later into 2005 and I'm in a totally different direction. I guess it all depends on what the client wants and how good the project p

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

y is. ;) While C# still looks like a very good market to be in, I'm currently involved with Java and FileMaker. Well, it's what the client wants!

Anyway, here's the

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

Combination pro

chart for this quarter. Below the chart I'll discuss the interesting changes that have occurred just during the past three months.

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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

pport the viewing of tables. But, you can view the table at www.timothytrimble.info under the ART of Software Development blog.)

Here's what I find interesting about

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

this chart compared to three months ago:

* VB continues to hold a steady market share. This includes .Net and pre-.Net. There was only a .2% drop in job market share

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

this quarter, which is hardly worth mentioning. VB programmers are still in high demand, especially when they have SQL experience.

* Contrary to what anyone says, C+

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

+ is still going strong and has gained job market share. This quarter has seen a 1.79% increase in the market. My guess is that this is due to the increase of the Lin

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

x market since C++ is the number one development environment for that platform.

* The biggest winners in job market share gains is Java with 2.33% increase, MS SQL w

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

Following aspects would a

th a 2.57% increase, and the number one winner is Oracle with a 2.88% job market share. Oracle continues to be the leader in job positions with a 27.74% of the market

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

* The biggest loser for this quarter is Pearl, which lost a whopping 6.92% of the job market. I don't know what accounts for this decrease but it appears to be acro

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

ss all three of the major job posting sites.

* A surprise loser for this quarter is C#, which lost 2.54% of the market to end up with only 2.95% of the job market. A

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

ain, my only reasoning on why this is taking place is due to the impact that Linux is having.

Overall, this is a very interesting set of statistics. In no way is thi

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

scientific, and it only represents the local job market in Los Angeles. However, it shows that there is a trend in gains for programmers with Linux skills. And once

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

gain, if you have experience with SQL, especially Oracle, you're not going to have any problems at all with getting work.

Personally, I feel comfortable being focuse

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

d on doing Java development. As far as FileMaker goes, well, it would be interesting if I did a comparison between the MS Access and FileMaker markets. I guess that's

.

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

a personal nitch of mine that I intend to stick with. Not because of the job market numbers, but because I enjoy the FileMaker and Mac environments. Proof again, that

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

just following where the jobs are is not always the most satisfying approach.

Be sure to check back in another three months, when I examine the job market once again

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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