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Useful Advices - Checklist for Hiring a Private Investigator
Looking for an old friend? Want to know if your spouse is cheating? Need to check out a potential tenant or employee?
A good private investigator (PI) can
A good private investigator (PI) can
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
help you obtain these answers. And as with any expert you hire—a doctor, a lawyer, an insurance broker—it benefits you to take the time to ensure you’re hi
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
ring a professional who has experience, quality reputation, and good-business ethics. Below is a checklist that will help you find just such a private inves
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
tigator:
1. Ask friends, business associates, your lawyer for a referral. Word of mouth gives you the inside scoop, and the opportunity to ask questions s
1. Ask friends, business associates, your lawyer for a referral. Word of mouth gives you the inside scoop, and the opportunity to ask questions s
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
pecific to your needs.
2. Check your state’s private investigator associations, most of which have web sites that post their membership directory.
3. If yo
2. Check your state’s private investigator associations, most of which have web sites that post their membership directory.
3. If yo
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
u can’t find a private investigation association for your state, there are multiple national PI organizations that refer investigators, such as The National
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
Association of Investigative Specialists (http://www.pimall.com/nais/dir.menu.html). Also, check your state’s legal organizations—for example, affiliates 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
the American Trial Lawyer’s Association or the state defense bar—which typically have a directory of recommended investigators.
4. Insurance companies use
4. Insurance companies use
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
PIs constantly. Especially if your needs fall into surveillance and background checks, an excellent resource is your own homeowners insurance company. Ask
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
to speak to a claims representative. With a few inquiries, you should be able to pinpoint which investigators your insurance company uses, which is a good
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
referral.
5. Check Internet and Yellow Pages for private investigator listings, but remember these are paid-for ads. Ask for references; check if the PI is
5. Check Internet and Yellow Pages for private investigator listings, but remember these are paid-for ads. Ask for references; check if the PI is
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
licensed (most states require a PI to be licensed, a few don’t); if you’re going before a judge and jury, ask if the PI has courtroom experience. NOTE: An
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
untrained investigator may not know the laws and end up doing something illegal during an investigation—which causes you problems.
6. Before you speak to a
6. Before you speak to a
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
n investigator, decide what’s in your budget.
7. When you speak to an investigator, ask if he/she has done the type of work you’re seeking. More important
7. When you speak to an investigator, ask if he/she has done the type of work you’re seeking. More important
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
, ask them the outcome of that type of investigation.
8. Ask to see examples of reports they’ve produced for similar cases.
9. Gauge your comfort level w
8. Ask to see examples of reports they’ve produced for similar cases.
9. Gauge your comfort level w
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
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
hile speaking to the investigator. Good communication will be critical after the investigation begins. Also, be open minded—your investigator may have new
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
ideas that are worthy of exploration.
10. Expect to pay a retainer up front. Just because a PI doesn’t ask for one (or even a reasonable hourly rate), does
10. Expect to pay a retainer up front. Just because a PI doesn’t ask for one (or even a reasonable hourly rate), does
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
n’t mean he/she is better at what they do. You want to hire someone who’s competent, not hard up for work.
Remember, a good private investigator can be you
Remember, a good private investigator can be you
.
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
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
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