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Useful Advices - 6 Powerful Practices for Coping with Information Overload
Today’s high-tech world is deluged with more information than ever imaginable. In spite of all the promises of the paperless office, statistics show that exactly the opposite is happening. It is projected that by 2005 there will be 50% more paper than
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
there was in 1995! Those who have tried the paperless solution find it has its own challenges. How many lunches have you missed because you were searching through files – never finding what you needed?
Asking four basic questions will help you make
Asking four basic questions will help you make
; 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
decisions about how to manage the information in your office – whether it’s for paper or electronic files.
1. What information do you really need to keep?
2. In what form do you need to keep it?
3. For how long? 4. How can you find it when we need i
1. What information do you really need to keep?
2. In what form do you need to keep it?
3. For how long? 4. How can you find it when we need i
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
t? (That’s the really big one!)
To improve your chances of retrieving information, consider these six possibilities:
1. Create a File Index (a roadmap for available information!) for your company. One of most valuable lessons I learned from my fath
To improve your chances of retrieving information, consider these six possibilities:
1. Create a File Index (a roadmap for available information!) for your company. One of most valuable lessons I learned from my fath
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
er was “Half of any job is having the right tool.” The network version of The Paper Tiger software (www.thepapertiger.com) allows colleagues to share information in a way never before possible an
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
d to avoid wasting time recreating information that already exists because no one knew it existed. While many people are looking at scanning as a way of coping with information overload, make sure that you are really solving a problem, and not just cr
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
eating another. Using a computer software program can make handling paper so easy that the investment of time and equipment to go “paperless” may not be necessary, or when you do convert to electronic storage you will avoid just creating a faster mes
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
s!
2. Develop Retention Guidelines. Clutter is Postponed Decisions®. Paper will continue to pile up because someone needs to make a decision about retention. Clients often ask me how long they should keep documents. Determine the answer by looking a
2. Develop Retention Guidelines. Clutter is Postponed Decisions®. Paper will continue to pile up because someone needs to make a decision about retention. Clients often ask me how long they should keep documents. Determine the answer by looking a
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
t your own past experience. Often, that means asking the people with whom you work who really use the papers! If you’re not sure, consult the guidelines in Kiplinger’s Taming the Paper Tiger at Work. That’s one of the major reasons I wrote the book!
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
(If you need retention information for files at home, consult Kiplinger’s Taming the Paper Tiger at Home.)
3. Hold a File Clean-Out Day. Make the day fun! Wear comfortable clothes, order in lunch, and give prizes - such as the “Most Progress” or “Th
3. Hold a File Clean-Out Day. Make the day fun! Wear comfortable clothes, order in lunch, and give prizes - such as the “Most Progress” or “Th
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
e Funniest Discovery”. Provide staff with storage boxes for files that can be kept in less accessible spaces. Create a “white elephant room” for employees to put items they aren’t using, but other people might want. Consider hiring an organizing cons
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
ultant (www.4ptacs.com) to give a short presentation on The Art of Wastebasketry® at the beginning of the day and to facilitate the process during the day. (See Tip #5.)
4. Use, and train others arou
4. Use, and train others arou
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
nd you, to automatically use The FAT System™. There are only three decisions you can make about any piece of paper: File, Act, or Toss. Make decisions on paper as it comes in. Put papers that require action into “Action Files.” Papers you may never
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
need, but are afraid to throw away go into Reference Files. As Reference Files become old, they become Archive Files, or can be tossed.
5. Continually practice “The Art of Wastebasketry®. Research shows that 80% of what we keep, we never use. Don’t
5. Continually practice “The Art of Wastebasketry®. Research shows that 80% of what we keep, we never use. Don’t
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
make today’s mail turn into tomorrow’s pile! Ask yourself: 1. Does this require action? 2. Can I identify a specific use? 3. Is it difficult to get again? 4. Is it recent enough to be useful? 5. Are there legal considerations?
If the answer to all t
If the answer to all t
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
hese questions is “No,” ask one final question: “What is the worst possible thing that would happen if I didn’t have this piece of paper?” If you can live with your answer, toss - or recycle it! Since security if a big issue today, I’ve discovered th
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
at a shredder is one of the best tools to encourage people to throw things!
6. Take Advantage of Report Features of The Paper Tiger If you’re afraid to toss something, don’t worry about it – just keep it! Your File Index will help you find it in cas
6. Take Advantage of Report Features of The Paper Tiger If you’re afraid to toss something, don’t worry about it – just keep it! Your File Index will help you find it in cas
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
e you do need it, or help you clean it out when your files get full. Recently, my assistant informed me there was no more space for new projects. Instead of just adding more file cabinets, I took the File Clean-Out Report automatically created by The
.
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
Paper Tiger software on my next trip, and made notes on what could be cleaned, tossed, or archived. When I returned to my office, I gave the report to a high school student, working in our office for the summer. She did the cleaning out and transferr
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
ing of files for us!
Your office is a reflection of you and your organization. An organized, uncluttered workspace will make you more productive and less stressed. You can stop losing time searching for files. In fact, you may even find time for lunch
Your office is a reflection of you and your organization. An organized, uncluttered workspace will make you more productive and less stressed. You can stop losing time searching for files. In fact, you may even find time for lunch
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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