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Useful Advices - Saving Face In The Workplace - Graceful Recovery From Mortifying Moments
If you’re anything like me, you do stupid things every day when, mercifully, there’s no one to see: tripping on flat surfaces, buttoning your shirt too quickly and putting the buttons in the wrong hole, getting lipsti
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
ck on your teeth. But when you spend at least 40 hours of your week in the office, you’re guaranteed a public gaffe every now and then. I’ve perfected three failsafe moves to help you save face after a less-than-grace
; 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
ful workplace faux pas. Here they are in action.
Face Saver #1: Act like nothing is wrong
On my third day of work at a new company, I managed to walk through three floors of my building and about si
Face Saver #1: Act like nothing is wrong
On my third day of work at a new company, I managed to walk through three floors of my building and about si
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
x blocks on rush-hour frenzied streets, passing several police cars and at least three packed commuter buses, with the back of my skirt tucked up behind my backpack. I don’t mean that it was just hanging a little stra
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
ngely — it was all the way up. And how did I discover that I had bared my flowery underwear to hundreds of people? Turns out the attractive thirtysomething businessman walking behind me wasn’t having a funny cell-phon
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
e conversation after all; he was laughing at my derriere.
Despite the fact that I was dying inside, I lifted my bag, freed my skirt, and gave him a wink before climbing onto my crowded train. I heard a few snickers a
Despite the fact that I was dying inside, I lifted my bag, freed my skirt, and gave him a wink before climbing onto my crowded train. I heard a few snickers a
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
s I made my way to an empty space, mostly from people with window seats on the platform side of the train, but most folks seemed pretty impressed.
Face Saver #2: Be the first to laugh
One day, I str
Face Saver #2: Be the first to laugh
One day, I str
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
uck a thoughtful pose while listening to my boss: I crossed my arms and leaned casually against his doorjamb — and fell out the door into the hallway. I managed to regain my balance (and most of my dignity) without co
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
mpletely wiping out. Before he uttered a single word, I smoothed my hair and said, “Wow, my coffee had more of a kick than I realized today!” After that, what else could he say? We had a good laugh before continuing o
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
ur conversation, and I struck my thoughtful pose in a chair.
Face Saver #3: Go along with the humor
On my first day in a new cube following a promotion and a big move, I nearly knocked myself uncons
Face Saver #3: Go along with the humor
On my first day in a new cube following a promotion and a big move, I nearly knocked myself uncons
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
cious when I spun to grab something from the other side of my U-shaped workspace and cracked my forehead on the corner of a cabinet. Within seconds, it looked like I had a golf ball coming out of my forehead. At the t
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
ime, it seemed like a good idea to tell the girl in the next cube what had happened and ask her to help me find an ice pack. I was wrong.
After she stopped laughing, she took my arm and led me to our boss’ office. “D
After she stopped laughing, she took my arm and led me to our boss’ office. “D
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
an,” she announced loudly, “Kristen just hit her head on her cabinet.” “Excuse me?” He raised an eyebrow. “I hit my head,” I explained articulately. “In your cube?” His other eyebrow went up. And then he started laugh
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
ing, too. It didn’t end there. Within minutes I was known companywide as The Girl Who Got A Concussion In Her Cube.
There was a directors’ meeting the next day, in which a major topic of discussion was how I had hit
There was a directors’ meeting the next day, in which a major topic of discussion was how I had hit
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
my head in my cube (perhaps it was indicative of changing space needs). A guy I barely know from another department came up to me and offered to get me a helmet (laugh it up, Chuckles). Last week some well-meaning fol
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
ks from my department brought me leftover bubble wrap: “Here, do you want to put this on your cabinets?” I would have preferred to crawl under my desk and die, but instead, I cheerfully said, “Thank you!” and stuck 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
e bubble wrap on my cabinet — and I haven’t heard a word about it since.
Going down in history
In 1937, Eleanor Roosevelt said, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” And in the o
Going down in history
In 1937, Eleanor Roosevelt said, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” And in the o
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
ffice, no one can make you feel like a total dork without your permission. A lot of times the people around you won’t even realize that you messed up unless you make a big deal out of it (or unless you’re baring your
.
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
behind to the world, of course), so if you make a quick fix and continue on your way, your slip-up may escape notice. Even if your embarrassment is pretty public, remember that the first one to laugh it off is the fir
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
st one to live it down. And you can always count on one of your coworkers to have her own mortifying moment and take the heat off of you.
* This article originally appeared in desire Los Angeles in May 2005.
* This article originally appeared in desire Los Angeles in May 2005.
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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