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Main Subject - Green Your Career - Ten Ways to Play Your Part in Healing the Earth
You have done your research. You know the changes you can make in your personal life to have a positive impact on the environment.
The question is: Will those actions be enough to produce the results we need to see?
Imagine the impact each of us could have if we used our wo
The question is: Will those actions be enough to produce the results we need to see?
Imagine the impact each of us could have if we used our wo
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
rk time (over 2000 hours a year) to reduce the damage we've done to the Earth and minimize the damage we will cause as we move forward.
Although you might think you have to have a scientific background to be part of the solution, that's not true. Review this list of ten ways
Although you might think you have to have a scientific background to be part of the solution, that's not true. Review this list of ten ways
; 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
to green your career to discover what part you might be able to play using your current skills.
1) Environmental Careers - These jobs entail working on the front line--working in the environment to help nature in some way. In many cases the goal of these jobs is to undo the i
1) Environmental Careers - These jobs entail working on the front line--working in the environment to help nature in some way. In many cases the goal of these jobs is to undo the 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.
mpact humans have had on the Earth over the preceding decades and centuries.
Scientists and those who support them work with elements of the natural world - the land, the soil, the water, the atmosphere, the wildlife, the forests, and the fish.
2) Energy - The careers in thi
Scientists and those who support them work with elements of the natural world - the land, the soil, the water, the atmosphere, the wildlife, the forests, and the fish.
2) Energy - The careers in thi
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 segment are focused on the energy puzzle. How do we shift our energy sources away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy sources in a profitable, cost effective, streamlined way?
There's a research angle to this segment as well as a technical side of putting the piec
There's a research angle to this segment as well as a technical side of putting the piec
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
es in place to produce or harness the energy.
3) Green Products and Services - Existing businesses and start up businesses are stepping up their production of green products and services. Whether these products and services change how we live, eat, clean, travel, invest, deco
3) Green Products and Services - Existing businesses and start up businesses are stepping up their production of green products and services. Whether these products and services change how we live, eat, clean, travel, invest, deco
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
rate, or build, they lessen the impact we have on the Earth.
Jobs in these businesses involve manufacturing, distributing, marketing, selling, and supporting these products and services.
4) Green Innovation - This is the cutting edge of the green sector. If you listen to the
Jobs in these businesses involve manufacturing, distributing, marketing, selling, and supporting these products and services.
4) Green Innovation - This is the cutting edge of the green sector. If you listen to the
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
news, you'll learn about new innovations almost every day. In just the last week I've heard of:
~~ A laser television (that runs on a fraction of the energy it takes to run a traditional television)
~~ A mini solar panel that can power your cell phone or laptop
~~ Three ne
~~ A laser television (that runs on a fraction of the energy it takes to run a traditional television)
~~ A mini solar panel that can power your cell phone or laptop
~~ Three ne
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
w start ups in my hometown that are:
1. Developing a carbon nanotube that can be used in solar cells
2. Creating a way to mass produce cellulose ethanol out of leftovers from the agricultural industry such as corn husks
3. Developing a way to harness electricity from coa
1. Developing a carbon nanotube that can be used in solar cells
2. Creating a way to mass produce cellulose ethanol out of leftovers from the agricultural industry such as corn husks
3. Developing a way to harness electricity from coa
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
l without burning it
Although the first stages of this process are highly technical, as these companies get ready to turn these ideas into products and services, other positions will open up. Furthermore those who work on policy and direction play an important role in how suc
Although the first stages of this process are highly technical, as these companies get ready to turn these ideas into products and services, other positions will open up. Furthermore those who work on policy and direction play an important role in how suc
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
essful the innovations are.
5) Implementing, Systematizing, Manufacturing, Distributing - Getting these innovations to a place where they can be reliably produced and efficiently distributed will be key. Roles will vary by product, but this is where the hands on work will get
5) Implementing, Systematizing, Manufacturing, Distributing - Getting these innovations to a place where they can be reliably produced and efficiently distributed will be key. Roles will vary by product, but this is where the hands on work will get
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
done. Plenty of career opportunities here as various product lines mature.
6) Marketing and Sales - The next step is to create a demand for the new products by motivating and persuading people to choose the new products over the old ones. If you've used these skills in other
6) Marketing and Sales - The next step is to create a demand for the new products by motivating and persuading people to choose the new products over the old ones. If you've used these skills in other
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
industries, you will be able to transfer them to this arena.
7) Inspiring and Educating - Still another group of people will be involved in encouraging, inspiring, and educating people to change their choices and actions. In some cases these are individuals or foundations wi
7) Inspiring and Educating - Still another group of people will be involved in encouraging, inspiring, and educating people to change their choices and actions. In some cases these are individuals or foundations wi
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
th a cause. It could also be educating people on the technical side of using new products.
8) Sustainable Companies - Another way to green your career would be to work for a company that is sustainable. These companies evaluate their decisions based on how they impact people
8) Sustainable Companies - Another way to green your career would be to work for a company that is sustainable. These companies evaluate their decisions based on how they impact people
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
(customers, employees, vendors, neighbors), how they impact the environment, and how they impact profits. Examples of companies in this category are: Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, Clif Bar, Seventh Generation, Tom's of Maine, Newman's Own, Eileen Fisher, and Greyston Bakery.
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The
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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
se companies may not be producing a purely green product or service, but what they are producing they are doing with an eye to the bigger picture--improving the quality of life, investing profits in social/environmental causes, and operating responsibly.
9) Green Your Own Bus
9) Green Your Own Bus
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
iness - If you are in business for yourself, think about how you might change your services or business practices to become more green. In the last month I've heard of green public relations firms, green builders, green interior designers, green dry cleaners, green cleaning co
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
mpanies...and I haven't even been searching for these examples.
10) Change Your Personal Work Habits. Ask your co-workers to do the same. If you aren't able to make a career change, be conscious about your habits at work. How are you using energy? How are you disposing of was
10) Change Your Personal Work Habits. Ask your co-workers to do the same. If you aren't able to make a career change, be conscious about your habits at work. How are you using energy? How are you disposing of was
.
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
te? How are you getting to work? Every little bit does add up.
What's Your Next Step?
Do you see yourself in any of these areas of the green movement?
Even if you can't change careers at the moment, I encourage you to pinpoint a direction that appeals to you so that if an o
What's Your Next Step?
Do you see yourself in any of these areas of the green movement?
Even if you can't change careers at the moment, I encourage you to pinpoint a direction that appeals to you so that if an o
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
pportunity presented itself. Investigate your field of interest; keep up with developments and current issues.
You never know when things will shift in your world or the world at large. If you are prepared, you'll find the opening you need to take your green career up a notch
You never know when things will shift in your world or the world at large. If you are prepared, you'll find the opening you need to take your green career up a notch
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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