Main Subject - Business

How many times this month have you or one of your colleagues talked about how you are swamped? You don’t have enough time for this or that. There aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done.

Picture this chain of events:

*

Jeannie gets the d

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

ay started with a cup of coffee. As she reads through the 25 emails that have come in overnight she quickly responds to an IM and then gets a phone call.

*

As she’s on the phone her assistant pops in with some documents. The assistant is using universa

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

Examples of combination products may in

sign language for “sign here” as she points to the line with a ready pen.

*

Jeannie is still on the call when she realizes she’s a got meeting to be at in 5 minutes. She hangs up, pulls the right folder for the meeting and heads down the hallway.

*

D

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

uring the meeting her blackberry beckons her no less than 5 times. She quickly responds to three of the notes. The other two she’ll have to get to back at her desk.

*

As the meeting ends a colleague sees Jeannie in the conference room and pops his head

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

in, “can I ask you a quick question?” By the time Jeannie finishes with the “quick” question it’s time to take a conference call back in her office.

*

She gets back to her desk with just enough time to answer one of the other blackberry notes she receiv

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

Combination pro

ed earlier before dialing up the conference call. Another colleague pops their head in as she’s dialing in her call. He mouths the words, “I’ll come back”.

*

By 4pm Jeannie sits back and thinks for a moment finally a chance to get to what I had planned

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

on working on today. Just then, that colleague who said, “I’ll come back” came back. It was another 40 minutes by the time they were finished.

*

Now it’s 4:40pm and Jeannie has a 5:05pm train to catch. She sits and wonders for a moment, what can I get

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

accomplished in such a short amount of time? Her answer: nothing. So she surfed the web and bought a couple of things on-line before calling it a day. Sound at all familiar?

This scene is too familiar for far too many of us. About the time you are r

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

ady to shut down for the day is about the same time you can finally start working on your own work or the projects you have planned. Even though you may be able to tout that you’re super busy and really swamped it may be fair to say you are not always as

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

super productive or really focused as you would like to be. The problem is multi-tasking. While it is an important skill set that you cannot live without in today’s workplace; there is the tendency to multi-task overdose.

We might define multi-tasking a

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

being able to do more things at the same time. It seems productive. It even sounds productive, but don’t let it fool you. Multi-tasking is deceptive. It is not always as productive as it sounds. Sometimes it is even counter-productive to the cause.

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

Following aspects would a

There is a reason why people seem to get more accomplished in the early morning and late in the day.

No one else is around.

They are naturally multi-tasking less.

So the big question is, "how do you strike a balance and multi-task just enough to have a

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

high level of productivity before going overboard and becoming counterproductive?"

Here are some questions you can ask yourself to help determine if it's time to multi-task or single track.

How much brain power does it take?

- If it takes a lot of conce

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

ntration to work on the project; you may want to set aside uninterrupted time for it.

- If you are working on something that needs to get done, but doesn't take a lot of brain power than multi-tasking may be just fine.

How easy is it to get back into a p

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

oject after being interrupted?

- If you can jump right back to whatever you were doing without missing a beat then multi-tasking may not be a problem.

- If it takes 15 - 30 minutes to settle back into the project after being interrupted it may require mo

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

re uninterrupted time to increase productivity.

Are there any "burning issues" that may require me to drop what I'm doing?

- If there are no known "burning issues" it may be a day where you can put aside 30 minutes or more to focus on just one project.

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

You may be expecting interruptions and need to multi-task based on critical business issues.

Each of these questions is getting at the practicality of multi-tasking based on the task at hand, the level complexity or difficulty, and everything else going

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

on around you. There may be days when you have to stay available throughout the day and others where you will have the flexibility needed to shut the door and let calls go to voicemail for a period of time while you focus on one project.

Carving out time

.

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

to single track (stay focused on one thing) is not much different than being away from your desk for a meeting. While you are away it is a little more difficult to get in touch with you. When you return you probably check your emails and voicemails to se

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

e what you've missed while you were away. Use the same principle in setting aside time to single track on a project.

The bottom line: If you really want to be use your time effectively and productively; stop multi-tasking all the time. It's about time

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

HTTP = HTML link (for blogs, profiles,phorums):
<a href="http://www.mainsubjects.org.ua/article/35091/mainsubjects-Stop-MultiTasking--Its-About-Time.html">Stop Multi-Tasking - It's About Time!</a>

BB link (for phorums):
[url=http://www.mainsubjects.org.ua/article/35091/mainsubjects-Stop-MultiTasking--Its-About-Time.html]Stop Multi-Tasking - It's About Time![/url]

To me this quote also reveals the most important word in the 'success dictionary.'Before I share it with you, I want you to know why it's soimportant for you to really understand this quote.

To be successful to today’s competitive marketplace, you need to have an action plan in place to help maintain your job-search momentum, keep you organized, and ensure you have everything ready when it comes time to meet the prospective employer face to face.

Business opportunities are normally based on a proven system or product, so you can profit from the experience of others. The concept of a business opportunity might not be completely understood, simply because it can apply to so many different situations. For the purpose of our discussion here, we will not be talking about franchise opportunities. Otherwise...

Tags

Links

Main Subject - Stop Multi-Tasking - It's About Time!

Related Articles: