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Six years ago, in anticipation of New Year’s Day 2000, Biography on A&E released its list of the 100 most influential people of the Millennium. Johann Gutenberg ranked first. Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and G

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

alileo made the top 10. Abraham Lincoln was 23rd. Alexander Graham Bell came in at 44. The Beatles were 76th. And Steven Spielberg snuck in at 91.

If given the opportunity to revise the list today, the voters might

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

Examples of combination products may in

find a way to include one more person. It’s a man whose life began less than a year after Teddy Roosevelt left the White House and ended last month, one week shy of his 96th birthday. He wrote three dozen books – the

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

final one arriving soon – and received credit for coming up with the terms “knowledge workers” and “management by objectives.” He also wrote the oft-quoted phrase: “Management is doing things right. Leadership is do

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

ing the right things.”

Peter Drucker – “thinker”… “writer”…”uber-mentor” – may have contributed as much to the development of business theory as the legendary Adam Smith (who, incidentally, appears in 20th position

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

Combination pro

on the A&E list). Consider these ideas, all originating with Drucker prior to 1955:

> There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.

> Highly skilled people are an organization

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

’s most valuable resources.

> Decentralize decision-making and manage for the long-term by setting a series of short-term goals.

> A manager sets objectives, organizes, motivates and communicates, measures, and dev

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

elops people.

Success Handler Action: Perhaps Drucker’s greatest asset was his ability to take complex business issues and present them in simple terms. He once joked that his ideas “have only one moving part,” whic

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

h makes them easy to understand. Use these three now-classic questions – proposed in 1954 by Drucker in “The Practice of Management” – to get back to the basics in your small business:

~ What is our business?
~

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

Who is our customer?
~ What does our customer consider valuable?

In his 1978 autobiography, "Adventures of a Bystander," Drucker described himself as someone who stands in the wings and observes what is happe

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

ing on stage…which allows him to see what “neither actor nor audience notices.” A self-described loner, he purposely distanced himself, to see things from a different perspective, regardless of the popular choices at

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

Following aspects would a

the time.

Fifty-five years ago, the consensus view was the worldwide market for computers would be less than 100. Drucker wrote computer technology would forever transform business. Forty-five years ago, he predict

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ed the impending rise of Japan as an industrial power. Twenty-five years ago, he foretold Japan was heading toward long-term economic stagnation. In 1997, he suggested there would be an outcry against executive pay:

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

“In the next economic downturn, there will be an outbreak of bitterness and contempt for the super-corporate chieftains who pay themselves millions.” This, of course, came four years before the collapse of Enron.

Su

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

ccess Handler Action: As the leader of your small business, it is essential to think clearly, and to make solid decisions that keep things moving in the right direction. Here are five ways, as suggested by Drucker in

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

a November 2004 interview with Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard, to take a fresh, new look at your own leadership skills:

1. Never ask, “What do I want to do?” Ask yourself, “What needs to be done?”

2. Pic

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

k the important things to do…and focus on only two priorities at a time.

3. Make sure people around you always know what you are trying to do.

4. Eliminate things that no longer make sense; don’t keep waiting for t

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

hem to work.

5. Build on your strengths and find strong people to handle other necessary tasks.

Business visionaries like Peter Drucker come around about as often as a new century. In 1996, the McKinsley Quarterly

.

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

referred to him as “the one guru to whom other gurus kowtow.” He encouraged others to discover what they are good at, then work on removing limits – like lack of knowledge – that prevent them from capitalizing on tho

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

se strengths. Utilize Peter’s Principles in your business, and you’ll be deserving of recognition as one of the most innovative leaders in your industry.

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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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Everyone in a corporation should learn customer service and that includes the executives to. The late great Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's stated in his book; Grinding It out. That each of his executives had to spend time behind the counter of a McDonald's store greeting customers and understanding the business model in each month.

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