Digg It - Business

Regular meetings with your employees give them and you the time together to discuss any issues tha

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

t have arisen. But what do you do when your weekly meeting isn't changing the negative behavior of

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

Examples of combination products may in

an employee?

Break away from your regular meeting and schedule a meeting specifically to discuss

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

the behavior (such as low output, improper processes, etc.) that you want to change. You don't nee

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

d to give your employee advance notice of what the meeting will be about … just arrange for the em

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

Combination pro

ployee to meet with you at a specific time.

Before you meet with the employee, make notes about w

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

at you want to discuss. Be specific. Give examples of exactly when and what has happened that need

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

s to be corrected.

When you meet with the employee, take charge. Immediately tell your employee w

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

hy you've asked them to meet with you. Give your examples of what they have been doing and what yo

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

want them to do instead. Don't just say, "Do better." Tell them exactly what "better" means and h

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

ow it's demonstrated to you. Ask the employee if they need anything (such as more training or equi

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

Following aspects would a

pment) to be able to perform as you've requested. You'll want to make sure your employee understoo

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

what you asked, so end the meeting by asking your employee to tell you what you just discussed an

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

d what is expected of them.

After the meeting, write up your notes about the meeting. Include the

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

date and time, who was involved, what issues were discussed, and what results were agreed upon. H

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

nd-initial these notes and put them, along with your pre-meeting notes, in your file for that empl

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

oyee (hopefully, in a locked file cabinet).

Making notes about conversations with your employees

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

are valuable for two reasons: (1) if problems continue, you have your notes to refer to, and (2) y

.

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

u can more accurately review an employee's performance over a long period for a performance review

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

or promotion.

This is the 2nd of 7 articles in the Managing Employee Performance Series.

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

Tags

Links

Digg It - Note that Employee's Negative Behavior

Related Articles: