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Interviewing? Carry a portfolio of goodies to win the job.

No, I don’t mean candy or sweets. When you go on an interview you should have some idea of what the prospective employer is looki

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

ng for and what the job duties are going to be. This is what they are planning on buying from you. The skills necessary to perform the job are what you are selling. Take some examples of yo

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

Examples of combination products may in

r skills and achievements with you on the interview. As a recruiter with 30 years experience I can tell you that this one suggestion will turn at least half your interviews into job offers.

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

You can talk all you want about your skills and abilities, but the clincher will be to pull out some examples of your work. Copies of reports, memos, presentations, and a nice list of ref

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

rences will make your interview stand out and will get you remembered as the one candidate with show and tell materials that prove he or she can do the job. This article is about how to set

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

Combination pro

up your Portfolio of Achievements.

Start with a three ring binder with a white cover with your name inside the plastic sleeve. Inside put in a dozen clear sheet protectors. Insert your ma

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

erials into the sheet protectors. For a person with a few years of experience you could have a binder with a ? inch or ? inch back. More than that and you are pushing the interviewer’s pati

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

ence.

I suggest the following items in your portfolio: A fresh copy of your resume, a list of three business references with their names and addresses and phone numbers, a copy of your dip

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

oma, a copy of your transcript, and a copy of any letters of merit, at-a-boy letters or congratulatory messages. Also be careful to include items that specifically cover the duties outlined

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

in the job posting or advertisement. If this is for a technical job then you need a page or two of your engineering or scientific work. For other fields you need reports, graphs, and print

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

uts and so on. Writing skills are essential in any position so include some pages of material that you are currently working on or have had published. Usually the first couple of pages of a

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

Following aspects would a

report, study or publication are sufficient.

Not only should you take this with you, you have to pull it out and show it to the people you are interviewing with to make it work. As strange

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

as it may seem, I have had people take their portfolio along and never put it on the table for discussion and viewing. The portfolio is far more valuable as a talking tool than it is for p

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

ople to study for hours. Get close to your interviewer on the same side of the table, look quickly through the material together, talk about what you have done and point out your examples i

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

n your binder. This will make it easy for you to talk about your accomplishments and facilitate your conversation.

What if the interviewer or company wants a copy of your materials? Copies

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

of your resume and reference list are ok, but beyond that say no; it is personal information and possibly company data that you do not want copied. You are not supposed to be giving away an

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ything for free on an interview.

Over the years I have modified my suggestion for a portfolio to include fewer basic materials like driver’s licenses and basic computer course certificates

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

and more items relevant to today’s business such as Excel charts and graphs or database lists. Vary the contents to suit what the prospective employer is doing and what that job entails.

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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

Try this approach on your next shot at a career move and see if it proves to be a valid assistant when you interview. Send me a message and let me know how it works out for you.

Dan Brockm

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

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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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