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It’s perceived to be one of the most difficult transitions in life: rejoining the workforce after an extended layoff. Maybe you were raising your children, maybe you were carin 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 g for a relative, or maybe you were downsized and had trouble finding a job. In any case, it’s a daunting proposition to pull out the business suit, polish up the resume and st ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in rt looking for a job. To be sure, it’s not an easy task, but if you prepare appropriately, and attack the search smartly, it’s not as intimidating as you may think. With the r lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. ght Mindset, the proper downtime Approach, and some specific Strategies, you can get back out there and land work. The Mindset You have a gap in your resume. So what! here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe There is this obsession that having a gap in your resume is a horrible sin. It’s not. The fact is, it’s incredibly common these days. Layoffs unfortunately are an everyday o d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro ccurrence. Work/life balance awareness has increased to the point where more people are taking time off for personal reasons. Twenty years ago, the typical job situation had t 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 e male breadwinner getting a job out of college and spending the rest of his career working for one company until his gold-watch retirement party at age 55. Those days are long 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 gone. There’s no need for you to be shy about the fact that there’s a gap in your resume. You are part of a large and growing population of job seekers that have taken time of nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically for a variety of reasons. There’s no need to fret. The Approach The biggest issue that employers have with employees returning to the workforce is their perceived lac 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 k of being “out of the game.” Technology, industry trends, and job skills can all change rapidly over the course of a couple of years. As such, you want to make sure that you ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi an show your aptitude in some of these areas. Take computer classes, get involved with trade organizations, and stay abreast of industry happenings by reading trade publication ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a during your time off. It does take some time, but not nearly as much as working full time. Then when it comes time to interview you’ll be able to say something like, “I knew dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod t would be important for me to stay current on my computer skills, so I took classes in the most recent version of Microsoft Office while I was taking care of a relative.” T cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin he Strategy Packaging your “gap” in a resume or on an interview takes careful consideration. Don’t try tricks like changing dates or writing about how you honed your manag tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen rial skills negotiating with three children under the age of 10. Recruiting Directors know what you do as a mom or as a caregiver. What they want to know is that you’re in the 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 game and ready to contribute. Of course it would always be ideal to be able to tell your story in person, but often you don’t have the luxury of meeting someone face to face. ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust s such, the cover letter becomes a great tool to let a potential employer know about your resume gap and why it’s not a big deal. Mention why you’re reentering the workforce y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products now “I had always wanted to return to the workplace, and now that my children are in school full-time, it’s the perfect opportunity.” Talk about how you stayed in the . 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 game “I wanted to stay involved in nonprofit as much as I could after our company closed our office, so I’ve volunteered at the American Cancer Society and took an onl elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip ne class in development.” Ultimately it’s not going to be easy to get back out there. But with the right game plan, it doesn’t have to be as difficult as you think. Good luck 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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