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It can be intimidating walking into a career fair…all of those employers waiting for YOU to come and meet them. However, if you’re ar

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

med with the knowledge and confidence that you need, this could be the beginning of a new – or – better career.

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

Examples of combination products may in

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Treat the career fair as a bunch of mini interviews. Find out beforehand what companies are going to be there and which ones you’

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

e interested in talking to. For those organizations, do your research just like you would for a ‘real’ interview. Your enthusiasm wil

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

be apparent to the employer, and that is a good thing.

It takes a lot to stand out in a career fair. By showing your knowled

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

Combination pro

ge about the company and/or industry, you prove that you might just have that extra something they’re looking for in an employee.

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

Dress the Part

The first impression you make on an employer is extremely important. Don’t make it a negative one. Dress as you w

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

uld dress for an interview. Yes, that may mean uncomfortable high heals or hot suits and ties, but you want to be sure you don’t dres

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

too casually. Employers may think you’re not taking the career fair seriously and that you’re just wasting their time.

Act Like

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

You’re ‘On’

It can be difficult to remember while you’re walking around at a career fair that employers could be watching you. E

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

pecially those you have already spoken to. So be careful what you do while deciding your next step, so to speak.

Try not to do anyth

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

Following aspects would a

ng that might be construed as negative. Watch your facial expressions - grimaces, rolling your eyes, exasperation - all things you wa

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

t to avoid. If you just spoke with an employer and then as you were walking away, sighed and rolled your eyes, you might want to cros

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

s that company off your potential list.

Be Prepared

Whatever you do, be sure you have several copies of your resume and cove

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

letter. Better still, for the companies that you know you’re going to speak with, write a specific one for them, just like when you

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

pply to job postings. You might not be able to be as specific as you would in that situation, but bringing some non-generic job searc

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

documents along with you can serve as a great start to a conversation with a company.

In addition to your resume package, you may w

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

ant to have a few copies of your references. Even though it’s not common for an employer ask for references at a career fair, you nev

.

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

r know what they may throw at you.

Remember, a career fair should be treated as a real way to network and obtain job leads. No matte

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

what kind of career fair it is, that one event could be a key to making connections that can help you get a job now or in the future

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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Here are the 5 biggest mistakes that I see job hunters making time and time again when going for a job interview. The thing is, many of these mistakes are easily avoided with just a bit of effort and forethought. If you take the steps outlined in this report and actually put them into practice I guarantee that you will see an improvement in your interview performance!

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