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When in your compliance job interview there are going to be questions you feel comfortable asking, while other you may find more difficult. We’ve come up with ways you sho

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

uldn’t answer eight popular job interview questions.

What are your strengths & weaknesses – Don’t Say You Have No Faults… It will only make you look over

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

Examples of combination products may in

confident and arrogant, not hugely appealing qualities in a candidate for an insurance job. Think of some honest fault you have, explain why they can be a problem, sugges

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 ways in which the faults can at times be beneficial and explain how you deal with these faults.

Proudest Achievements – Don’t Say Something Irrelevant

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

– you might be very proud of the sports day when you won the egg and spoon at primary school, but it’s irrelevant to compliance. If you are asked this question tell your i

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

Combination pro

terviewers about a success you had in your previous role which had real tangible and ideally measurable benefits for the employer.

Outside of Work Hobbies
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
> – Don’t Say Watching Telly, in reality most people don’t have the most exciting lives outside of work, but the last thing you want to do in your interview is come across
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
as boring. A few white lies might not be the end of the world when talking about your hobbies but be careful, you might mention how you love scuba diving despite going no
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
where near a snorkel in your life, you never know that your interviewer could be an expert.

Trick Questions – Don’t take them Too Seriously – Employers a
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
re always asking trick or silly questions like getting you to sell some random piece of stationery. Usually these types of questions are irrelevant, don’t worry too much a
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
out your answer, just show that you are afraid to think on your feet and don’t take yourself too seriously.

Do You Break Rules to get things done – Don’t
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a
Say You Find Rules Restrictive. Employers love these ‘lesser of two evils’ style questions. Usually there is no right answer, so explain the pros and cons of both options
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
show how you can be pragmatic and make difficult decisions based on the circumstances you find yourself in.

Ever Been Fired – Don’t lie or criticise old
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
employers – it’s never nice to have been fired from a job, unfortunately there is little you can do to change the past, so it’s important to put a positive spin on events
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
. Don’t complain about the old job it will make you look professional, try and show a positive & honest attitude if you can show this they employer will forget the fact yo
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
’ve been fired.

Do You Have/Want Kids – The question is illegal though telling them that could be bad – there are laws in place which should prevent empl
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
oyers from asking personal questions like this, however it might not be the best strategy to illustrate this too them. Don’t answer any personal questions which you feel u
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
ncomfortable answering but similarly you don’t want to come across as secretive or evasive.

Why did you leave the job – don’t say you didn’t get on with
.

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
the boss. People leave jobs for all kinds of reasons often they aren’t positive. However if you are going for a competitive compliance job it’s important you communicate a
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
constructive reason for you leaving. Wanting a newer challenge is the fail safe but try and create a reason which illustrates how you would be ideal for job you are after

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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