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Digg It - Ten Questions for Your Next Boss
It’s a very funny thing, a job interview - especially if you make it past HR, and you’re face-to-face with your next prospective manager. There i
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 no one more important in your job satisfaction equation than your boss. So here you sit, and he or she is asking you questions, and you’re tryi
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
g to get a read - what will this person be like to work for? Is he patient? Is he smiling? Is he testy? Are there any questions that you can ask
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
him, to get a sense of his management style? Here are ten, to get you started. I doubt that you’ll get the chance to ask all ten of them, so pick
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
your favorites in advance!
1) Can you tell me about some of your proudest professional moments so far?
2) What are some things that have driven
1) Can you tell me about some of your proudest professional moments so far?
2) What are some things that have driven
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
you crazy about subordinates in the past?
3) What is the skill or attribute that you most value in a member of your team?
4) What sorts of thi
3) What is the skill or attribute that you most value in a member of your team?
4) What sorts of thi
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
gs do you do outside of work? (Listen to me now: if you don’t feel comfortable asking this question, that’s a big red flag. It’s a perfectly appr
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
opriate question to ask the person who might be managing you, a few weeks from now. If she’s giving off a vibe that such a question would be too
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
ntrusive, THAT’S NOT GOOD.)
5) Can you tell me a little bit about the interactions that happen within the team?
6) I’d love to hear about my pr
5) Can you tell me a little bit about the interactions that happen within the team?
6) I’d love to hear about my pr
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
edecessor - what worked in the job when he or she had it, any elements that you’re changing now that the job is open again, and what happened to
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
hat person. (See the note after question #4 - ditto for this one.)
7) What keeps you up at night, work-wise? What’s your biggest concern?
8) I
7) What keeps you up at night, work-wise? What’s your biggest concern?
8) I
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
don’t know whether you’ve ever done the Myers-Briggs assessment or DiSC or any of those, but how would you describe your communication style - mo
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
e forceful, or more interpersonal, or detail-oriented, or what?
9) Can you tell me about your boss, and his or her big priorities?
10) From our
9) Can you tell me about your boss, and his or her big priorities?
10) From our
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
conversation so far, what are concerns that you may have about me? Where do you think a person like me might thrive in this job, and where might
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
someone like me have trouble?
You NEED to feel comfortable with your next boss. I just heard from a friend in Chicago who had to leave a job aft
You NEED to feel comfortable with your next boss. I just heard from a friend in Chicago who had to leave a job aft
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
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
er six months because the fit between her and her boss was atrocious. Loving the work, the rest of the team, and the view from your office window
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
is not enough when you work for someone you don't like or don't trust. Don’t take a job like that. LIKE your boss.
I know, it’s not always easy.
I know, it’s not always easy.
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
When you're under pressure to find a job, it's easy to overlook little quirks (and even big ones) that could make a person tough to work for.
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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
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
t you’ll know right away, if the interview doesn’t create a safe space for you to ask questions like this, that working for this boss might be di
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
cey. And then you can decide whether you want the job so badly that you’re willing to walk eyes-open into a possible bad-boss situation to get it
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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