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Useful Advices - How To Conduct Meetings Like A Top Performer
Everyone participates in meetings or is the host of a meeting. Many are productive and others are a complete waste of time. We
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
have developed a list of techniques for planning and holding effective meetings that will turn you into a top performer in your
; 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
profession and organization.
1. Define meeting objectives. The meeting should have a specific purpose that you should communi
1. Define meeting objectives. The meeting should have a specific purpose that you should communi
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
cate before you start.
2. Create an agenda. List what you want to discuss and who will lead those discussions. Put topics that
2. Create an agenda. List what you want to discuss and who will lead those discussions. Put topics that
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
require the most brain power first.
3. Do research before the meeting. Know the audience. Anticipate attitudes and positions.
3. Do research before the meeting. Know the audience. Anticipate attitudes and positions.
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
Speak the language of the participants.
4. Invite the right people. Invite individuals who can contribute to the meetings disc
4. Invite the right people. Invite individuals who can contribute to the meetings disc
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
ussions and decisions.
5. Schedule breaks. Nobody can concentrate on a business meeting forever. Have a 15 minute break every
5. Schedule breaks. Nobody can concentrate on a business meeting forever. Have a 15 minute break every
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
two hours.
6. Open with a brief statement of the meeting purpose. Your statement should be short and to the point. Never expre
6. Open with a brief statement of the meeting purpose. Your statement should be short and to the point. Never expre
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
ss your opinions in the opening statement or participants will think they are only there to approve your ideas.
7. Lead the me
7. Lead the me
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
eting. Many people are afraid of taking control. Everyone wants a leader and you should take charge of your meeting.
8. Start
8. Start
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
n time and finish on time. A perfect way to establish your control of a meeting is to start on time. Each item on the agenda sh
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
ould have a time limit. Stick to it religiously.
9. Make sure the meeting is formal. Stick to this rule and you will make deci
9. Make sure the meeting is formal. Stick to this rule and you will make deci
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
sions by a majority and not by loud vocal minority.
10. You decide who speaks. This way all opinions will be heard. You will b
10. You decide who speaks. This way all opinions will be heard. You will b
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
e able to silence the domineering participants and draw out the silent ones.
11. Never lose control of the meeting.
12. Never
11. Never lose control of the meeting.
12. Never
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
take notes yourself. You will be able to deal with questions immediately rather than being distracted.
13. Provide written do
13. Provide written do
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
uments. At the meeting summarize the document, do not read it. Make sure the meeting is used to answer questions and make decis
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
ions. The meeting is not used to review what everyone already knows.
14. Document action items. Deal with issues one at a time
14. Document action items. Deal with issues one at a time
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
. Document what items must get done before the next meeting.
15. Move quickly through topics. Do not stay too long with one to
15. Move quickly through topics. Do not stay too long with one to
.
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
pic or participants will begin to think nothing is getting done.
16. After a particularly dull meeting, assign one or more peo
16. After a particularly dull meeting, assign one or more peo
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
ple to prepare arguments against the prevailing viewpoint for your next meeting on the same topic.
Copyright 2006 Dennis Somme
Copyright 2006 Dennis Somme
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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