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When team members clash, disaster strikes. Project deadlines are missed, HR referees team members, the boss is angry for a week, and the raises everyone exp

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

ects vanishes in the face of discord.

Which personality stimulates the highest stress levels in a project meeting? Hands down, it has to be the Rational. They lo

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

Examples of combination products may in

e to be in charge and tell everyone what to do.

Rationals

Rational personalities make up 5-7% of the population and create quite a stir for being such a s

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

all group. These personalities like to be in charge and you will find them in top corporate positions. Rationals have a take charge attitude about most things they

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

do. Want to move the project forward? Bring in a Rational

Rationals are goal oriented and like to get things done. Delegation is a primary part of this personalit

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

Combination pro

. They are concerned with getting the job completed and tend to discount team member feelings. You will not find them worrying about whether the team works well to

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

gether, just that the team works!

Although the Rational is the mover and shaker of the team, they usually are the most disliked. This occurs because this type of

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

mployee is usually insensitive to others and impatient. Their focus is on the project, not the people working on the project.

When a Rational feels they have lost

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

control of a project or group, they will go into high gear to control things. Of course, in the process, they will not be kind or sensitive to others. Expect fall-

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

ut from the team when that happens.

As a supervisor, Rationals can be demanding and impatient with employees. They require excellence in everything and do

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

ot tolerate excuses. They will adhere to the rules if it serves their purpose. Their goal in life is to complete the task well.

Supervisors can get better perform

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

Following aspects would a

ance from a Rational if they:

Include them in the decision-making process.

Outline their purpose within the group.

Remind them of their impact on ot

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

ers.

Encourage them to listen more.

Remind them that there is more at stake than the end result.

Place them into positions that utilize their stren

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

ths.

Rationals in Brief

Value to the Team: Rationals will take the first steps in a project. They are never reluctant to get something start

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

d!
Major Strength: Goal-oriented and gets things done.
Major Weakness: Insensitive of others and impatient.
Communication: I

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

itiates conversations.
Emotional Response: Independent of the situation.
Decision Making: Decides with goals in mind.
Behavior

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

Under Stress: Rationals, when faced with high levels of stress, will dominate the process and others.
Being a Better Team Player: Rationals need t

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

listen more. They are so fixated on the goal they forget that other's can contribute too.

Rational Personalities

Walt Disney

Mark Twain

.

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

garet Thatcher

Napoleon Bonaparte

Bill Gates

Charles Darwin

Aristotle

For more on Teams and Personality, see the third article in this seri

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

s: Team Building: Why Can't Idealists Get Along?

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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