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Warning! Relationship patterns from your past can influence your relationships at work now — without your knowledge or consent.

"I'm so angry about my schedule that I'm

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

ready to quit this job, too! I don't understand why this keeps happening to me. It's the third time in four years. I'm getting worried about how unstable I'll look on

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

Examples of combination products may in

my resume." Elizabeth was fuming.

A negative situation that happens over and over again frequently is like a red flag to me. As a relationship coach, I’m curious. Eliza

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

eth seems like a competent professional. What is really going on here?

Laurie: “Have you discussed this problem with your supervisor?”

Elizabeth: "Of course. I told he

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

r what I want, but she never listens to me."

Laurie (suspicious): “How did you tell her?”

Elizabeth: “I turned in my written schedule request on the standard form, just

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

Combination pro

like everyone else does.

Laurie: “How many forms does your supervisor get every week?

Elizabeth: “I guess there are about fifteen other employees.”

Laurie: “Elizabeth,

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

what do you think would happen if you spoke directly to your supervisor about how unhappy you are?"

Elizabeth (with great conviction): "I couldn't do that; she would ge

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

t angry at me!"

I am really curious now. How does she know her supervisor would get angry with her? Is there evidence that her supervisor acts inappropriately? On a hunc

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

, knowing that present problem perceptions often are rooted in the past, I ask a seemingly off-track question.

Laurie: "Did someone else get angry at you for talking abo

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 how you feel?"

Elizabeth: "My mother used to get furious with me when I wanted to do ordinary teenage things like go out with my friends. She expected me to babysit

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

he younger kids while she worked a swing shift. I moved in with my boyfriend when I was 17, just to get away from her."

Laurie: “Elizabeth, how should your mother have

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

Following aspects would a

treated you?”

Elizabeth: "I knew she had to work, I just wish she had listened instead of getting angry, and that once in a while she could have either stayed home herse

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

lf or at least found another sitter."

Now I had the information about where Elizabeth’s expectations had come from. I wondered if she really had a difficult supervisor.

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

Laurie: “Have you ever seen or heard about your supervisor being as unreasonable as your mother?”

Elizabeth (thinking): "Not really; I've never seen her lose her cool wi

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

th anyone. She is usually pretty nice."

Laurie: “Elizabeth, can you see any connections between the two situations?

Elizabeth: "I guess I'm expecting my supervisor to

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

reat me the same way my mother did. I'm ready to run away again instead of risking telling her what I want, face to face, and giving her a chance to change things. She

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

just might rearrange things if I ask. I can at least give it a try."

Elizabeth did take the risk of discussing the problem with her supervisor. She was immensely relieve

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

d to be actually listened to and heard. Her supervisor promised to review the situation and see what changes could be made.

Are you like Elizabeth? Do you respond to p

.

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

esent problems with behavior that made sense in the past? Do you unconsciously expect a familiar negative response if you ask for what you really want or need?

Learning

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

to communicate effectively at work is a common challenge. It does get easier when you recognize that your own history may be part of the problem that needs to be solved

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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