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First off, you need to understand that everything they want to know about you is in just 4 key areas:

• Why are you here?

• What can you do for u

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

s?

• What sort of person are you?

• Can we afford you?

So you must get yourself prepared for this. Examine each one of these areas and you can b

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

Examples of combination products may in

e (perhaps) even better prepared than the interviewer you face.

Why are you here?

This doesn't mean "why are you in this room?" it means

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

what made you apply for this job? You have to show it’s because you are interested in the job, the company, the challenge and the chance to learn

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

nd develop new skills. That and the fact that you are ready to move for such a great opportunity. Above all you want the job and you are confident

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

Combination pro

that you are right for it (but please don’t be too cocky).

What can you do for us?

An employer is looking to buy results so you bring you

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

r experience, skills and achievements, as well as your desire to develop and contribute to a new team or department. Think back to your achievement

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

and skills, and the results you got. But don’t just hark back to what you used to do – think what you will be capable of in the future and how you

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

will fill the role you want.

What sort of person are you?

Someone who has initiative and gets on well with others and is flexible in atti

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

tude to different ways of working; maybe you are a great team player, or a strong leader or you describe yourself as a loyal and conscientious pers

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

n. What they really want to know is: will you fit in, or are you going to upset the existing team?

Can we afford you?

Salary negotiation i

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

Following aspects would a

s another issue altogether, but the point is you should have a feeling for what the remuneration is likely to be and show them that you bring value

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

-for-money. If they put you on the spot to name a figure; shoot a little higher than you think they are prepared to pay, but say “the opportunity

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

itself is more important than the actual salary”.

That’s all fine as a general background but now you’ve got to be more specific.

Put yourself on

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

the other side of the desk – if you were doing the interviewing, what would you really want to know that would convince you to make a job offer?

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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

ou’d want to know more about those 4 key areas above wouldn’t you?

So what you have to do now is write out your list of questions to explore those

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

4 areas as if you were the interviewer. This doesn't mean you should go easy on yourself; the more thorough you are the easier the interview becom

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

s and the better your prospects of winning.

Make your list least 25 questions long and don’t avoid that question - the one you don’t want t

.

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

o be asked (you know the one don’t you?) and then work out your answers.

If you need help with your answers or even your questions, Peter Fisher h

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

as prepared answers to 58 tough questions in the "Smart Interview Guide" which is available by visiting http://www.ebookdownloads.biz/smartguide.ht

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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