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I’m a recruiter so it probably won’t come as a surprise that I’d recommend using a recruiter as part of your job search.

Rather than justify my existence, I think it would be more valuable to you the reader to understand exactly how a

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

good recruiter can add value to your career search.

Truthfully, a good recruiter can help give you an advantage over other people looking for (and interviewing for) the same jobs you are.

1. A good recruiter can help you fin

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

Examples of combination products may in

d jobs that you might otherwise not know about.

You may have heard about the “hidden job market.” Sometimes it’s so well hidden, you can’t actually find it.

A recruiter has two main goals in life: to find jobs to fill and

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

then to find the person to fill it.

So first off, the recruiter needs to find open positions that they can help a company fill. Then they look for suitable candidates like you to actually present to the company for consideration for th

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

e job.

In other words, a recruiter is a person who by definition needs to know where the available jobs are and who is hiring. They do this so that you don’t have to.

2. A good recruiter should help you prepare for interviews.

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

Combination pro

I don’t just mean that they email you a link to the company website and read directions to the company out to you over the phone, either…

If your recruiter just does that, get a new recruiter!

A good recruiter will shed light on spec

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

ific information that will help you stand out from others who are interviewing for the same job as you but who applied on their own and won’t have access to this information. This can only help you!

A good recruiter will know the hirin

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

g manager (or whoever is interviewing you) and will be able to fill you in on some information you wouldn’t otherwise know about.

For example, information that I always pass onto my candidates include things like:

the person

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

ality of the interviewer(s). Imagine if you always knew before the interview what sort of people you’d be interviewing with so that you could prepare for each person individually?

hot buttons that the interviewer/company reall

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

y wants to see ie. the recruiter tells you what to focus on during the interview so that you don't forget to mention the skills and experience that the interviewer really wants to know about.

where other candidates who have in

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

terviewed for the same job have failed. In other words, a good recruiter will tell you how to avoid making mistakes that other candidates have already made! 3. A good recruiter will help you role-play for an interview.
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a
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In other words, they will help you prepare for the interview by mimicking how the interview could actually go. It’s easy to surf a company website and think of a few ways to answer possible questions that might arise during the inte
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

It’s another thing altogether to actually answer questions as if you were already in the interview.

Role-playing where you verbally answer questions as if you are already in the interview is far superior to simply thinking abou
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
t how you will answer the questions.

An interview – especially when it’s for a job you really want – is not the time to freestyle it and think that you can go into an interview and just wing it and still win the job.

4. A good recr
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
uiter understands the importance of timing.

Often, finding a new job is (among other things) a case of being in the right place at the right time. Not only does the job become available at a time that suits you, but the company com
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
es along with a position that requires the same experience and skills that you happen to have at a time when you just happen to be considering switching jobs.

How many times have you been happily working away and not thinking about loo
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
king for a new job when a position pops up that would interest you if only it had have been presented to you in say 6 months or perhaps 12 months from now?

I’ve seen that happen quite a bit, where the timing just isn’t right to change
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
jobs.

Timing really is everything especially when it comes to changing jobs.

And a good recruiter who knows you well will help you find a job within your timeframe which will save you from having to constantly keep your
.

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
eyes open looking for the same positions or positions that would suit you that you didn’t even know about. The best part is that you don’t pay to use a recruiter, the hiring company does.

My suggestion is to find a small handfu
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
l (ie. 3-4) good recruiters (you’ll quickly see the difference between a good one and a bad one…) that you trust and allow them to help you with your job search.

You should also quickly see the benefits of using recruiters at this time

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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