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A recent WorldWIT member survey showed that eighty percent of respondents had seen a rise in the use of profanity at work. That's no secret

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

- no one would have guessed that things were headed in the opposite direction.

The survey respondents also said that profanity is one way

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

Examples of combination products may in

that people deal with stress at work. Well, we all know that work is stressful. But how do you deal with a workplace where the language is

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

a little stronger than you’re comfortable with?

Here are some tips for dealing with profanity at work:

1) Everyone has his or her own com

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

fort level with strong language. The best way to make your own tolerance level known is to comment (gently) when you hear something that’s

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

Combination pro

just too harsh for your ears. You can say, “Yikes!” or “Eek!” or make some other exclamation, and then gently add, “Can I bother you to fin

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

a less colorful expression?” Ninety-five percent of people will get the hint.

2) It’s important to distinguish between profanity that is

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

used generally to let off steam, and profanity that is directed at a person. Its one thing to say, “This situation sucks, ” (a word which m

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

any people don’t even view as profane anymore) and another thing to say, “Joe Smith sucks in his job.” Even if you don’t mind mild profanit

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

in general, it’s perfectly appropriate to say “You know, that’s not really a great way to talk about a colleague.”

3) If you are overwhel

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

med by very strong language in your workplace, speak to your manager. People who are offended by profanity very often feel hesitant to spea

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

Following aspects would a

k up, because they fear that they won’t be viewed as sufficiently hard-core and tough about their jobs. Companies are becoming more diverse

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

and part of diversity is embracing all sorts of communication styles and values. No one should have to work in an F-this, F-that environme

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

nt if they’re not comfortable.

4) If you use more profanity at work than you’d like to, try cultivating a milder expression in the place o

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

f your most-often-used cuss words. Here are a bunch of tried-and-true substitutes: Judas Priest! Oh, fudge! Oh, sugar! If you fear that you

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

ll sound like Samantha from “Bewitched,” don’t worry; there are worse things. Better to be viewed as Tinkerbell than as a potty mouth.

5)

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

Take a quick ‘pulse’ survey in your office to find out what level of profanity is comfortable with your co-workers. HR or your manager can

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

construct a quick online survey using Zoomerang.com, and find out where people’s comfort level lies. Some offices steer clear of even “hell

.

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

and “damn;” others stop at those two expressions. In some offices, the use of the long form of ‘mofo’ is as common as the use of ‘ this’ a

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

nd ‘that.’ Find out what makes your teammates comfortable and what makes them edgy - then you can adjust your office norms to that standard

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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Have you ever met a fairly smart person and then watch their activities in business and just wanted to puke? It certainly gives entrepreneurship a bad name. Indeed, it makes me sick to my stomach. Why do they stoop so low? Well it appears that they do it because it works and that there is a sucker born every minute and rather than having a little integrity and ethics they simply get down to the lowest common denominator and take people’s money.

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