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If you search on Google for “virtual assistant”, you’ll find a ton of listings. You can search through those, check out their services and do some interviews. I’d take a shorter rout

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

e.

Find some other people you trust and ask them who they use and recommend. Then go from there. You’ll do a lot better seeking out recommendations. If you don’t know anyone persona

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

Examples of combination products may in

lly…ask people in your networking groups whom they recommend.

Before you contact anyone, make a list of the types of tasks you’d like people to complete. You’ll want to make sure th

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

at your VA has the skills and software to complete those tasks…in most cases.

I said in most cases, because I think there is something to be said about training your assistants. A c

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

uple of the assistants I work with didn’t actually know how to use a WYSIWG editor, let alone modify HTML code when we first started working with them. However, these were intelligen

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

Combination pro

t people I’d come to know and trust online…which was very important. I think it’s nice to be able to train people to complete tasks in the way you’d like them done and they might ver

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

y well fit into you “business groove” all the better.

If you hire a highly experienced and widely skilled VA, you may have to fit in with the way they do things. You can also expect

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

to pay a higher hourly rate. You might not be interested in doing a lot of training and just want something to get the job done…so this might be the best option for you.

I have see

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

VA rates range from $10 per hour to $50 per hour. You just need to find the right fit for your business.

Some Things to Consider When Hiring a VA:

1. Find out what software they h

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

ave available and what skills they have. Again, people can be trained, if they are willing. You can also purchase software for your assistants. You may find this more cost effective

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

than paying a new assistant a higher rate to use the same software.

2. Find out if they expect payment in advance of service or after service has been delivered. I prefer the latter

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

Following aspects would a

as I have lost a bit of money by doing the former.

3. Ask about how they like to be paid. Can you use a credit card, PayPal or check?

4. Ask about how they like to communicate wit

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

their clients. If you are a person who likes to discuss things via telephone, make sure they are willing to spend time on the phone with you. If you prefer to communicate through em

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

ail, ensure they are comfortable with that. If you are going to use a project management system (I recommend TasksPro), ensure they are okay with working that way. Communication is g

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

oing to be your biggest asset in working together, so ensure you have good communication.

5. Find out how they track their hours and how they ensure you’re aware that projects are c

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

ompleted. If you use a project management system, you can automate this process.

6. Make sure they are willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) before starting work for you.

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

This means they will keep all the information about your business and the work they do for you, confidential.

7. Some VA’s will give you a price break if you keep them on retainer f

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

or a certain amount of hours each month. You may want to ask about that.

8. But before you jump in, you may want to “test out” a VA by offering him or her a small project to start a

.

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

nd see how well you work together.

9. Ask for and check references.

10. Whether a VA has a certification or not probably doesn’t matter. There are a number of valuable VA organizat

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ions that certify and train virtual assistants. I have worked with VA’s who are certified and mostly with VA’s who are not certified. I don’t find it makes a difference in their work

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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