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How do you feel about love? I don’t mean the flowers, candy and rapid heartbeat kind-of-love, but rather those warm-and-fuzzy emotions that accompany Recruiting.

What’s that you say? Human Resources and “love” do not exist in the

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

same sentence? Really? Why is that? (Go ahead and answer, I’ll wait…)

Perhaps a better question is, “What prevents love from co-existing in your staffing department, especially as it relates to hiring?”

Right away I sense that

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

Examples of combination products may in

you find this ideal to be ludicrous and without merit or professional bearing, but I would argue the contrary. For the purposes of this article, love is defined as a potential hire possessing a zealous desire to work for your comp

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

ny rather than your competitors’ group.

Love is more art than science in the matrimonial sense and even after the marriage is consummated, there is an extended period of time where both parties strive to make the relationship wor

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

. Is the effort to keep love alive in a marriage due to the potential the marriage represents, or is it (and it is) due in large part to everything that came before it? Even the worst of couples endure the cruelest hardships in th

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

Combination pro

ir relationship because of the courtship that preceded the marriage. To reiterate, a strong courtship prior to marriage increases the willingness of a couple to continue in said marriage. If one is to agree that this is true, then

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

the significance of the interview process should be regarded as tantamount to the continued stability of a company workforce.

Whereas romantic love is too complicated to dissect into formula, in terms of closing a candidate, the

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

e are four factors that convince a candidate to accept a company as a long-term potential employer. If a potential new-hire feels welcome, comfortable, important and understood, then you have accomplished all you can in persuadin

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

someone to join your team. The means by which these ideals are initiated is “The Art of Wooing” and like the lost art of chivalry, a true and liberal adoption of the spirit of “Wooing” among companies is rarely encountered. How m

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

ny companies can you cite that are known (positively) for their recruiting process to the point that people seek to interview simply for the experience? No doubt that this is a short list, but is it a list your company occupies? I

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

the event that your enterprise would not be featured in this queue, I would like to offer some ideas for your consideration.

* Create an automated phone message from the Vice President of HR welcoming the candidate to the inter

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

Following aspects would a

view process. The VP of HR further espouses their commitment to quality in the interview process and invites the interviewee to email them personally to discuss their experience.

* When making arrangements to meet with the candi

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ate, the HR Administrator (or whomever schedules the interview) inquire as to the candidates favorite snacks, beverages and music.

* Have a sign welcoming the candidate to the company and specifically, to a meeting with the recr

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

iter.

* Have a waiting room designed to relax a pending interviewee, complete with preferred snacks, beverages, favorite music, comfortable chair and aromatherapy.

* When negotiating salary, express compensation on a per minut

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

basis. What better way to communicate a candidate’s value in your eyes than to explain how you calculated the worth of their contribution down to the minute? (How? Divide an annual salary by 120,000 to get a per-minute wage.)

*

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

Give closure to the interview process as quickly as possible. (If they are a strong contender!) If they are not a fit for the position, let them know and offer further means to assist them. For example, adding them to a “private”

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

email list for unadvertised jobs, or forwarding an e-book of job hunting tips. (Bottom line? Never let a candidate leave your organization empty-handed.)

* At the conclusion of the interview, have the receptionist present an au

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

ographed Thank-you card to the candidate expressing your appreciation of their time. (A gift card and/or coupon to a nearby coffee house would be nice as well.)

It has been said that love is a many splendored thing and this is c

.

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

rtainly true in recruiting. Treating a candidate like a VIP during the courtship period of interviewing is a strong incentive in retaining said candidate after his/ her acceptance has been processed. Conversely, the opposite of “w

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

o” is a strong incentive for a candidate to consider employment with your competition. We are each of us self-centric on some level, with enough romance anyone can be swept off of their feet. As long as “wooer” has the right broom

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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