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In Part One of this series, I mentioned briefly the importance of knowing the markets to which you submit. If you are an aspiring romance novelist sending your work to a publisher where the

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

bread and butter is paid for by hard science fiction, chances are you are not going to have much luck.

As the publisher for the romance imprint of a small press, I can tell you right now th

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

Examples of combination products may in

at if a query letter and synopsis doesn't remotely fit our guidelines, chances are the time I'll devote to reading the actual work will be wasted. In an industry where time is constantly of

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

he essence - evaluating stories, meeting deadlines - mine is too precious to give to an author who isn't certain where his or her work belongs. Other the other side of the coin, an author wh

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

o submits incorrectly will waste time wondering and worrying about the fate of the book. Therefore, it is strongly advised that, as an author, you do your homework and save us both the anxie

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

Combination pro

ty.

This next installment covers a similar topic, where the author does have a grasp on the market but not a tight one.

2) But they do have sex...on page 600.

The romance genre of fiction

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

is likely one of the most diverse in all of commercial fiction. Romance can be crossed with just about any other genre imaginable, from science fiction to historicals, mystery to fantasy. Th

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

ere are romance imprints that cater to the African-American market, gay and lesbian readers, and fans of vampires and various undead. Between the top New York publishers and the smaller eBoo

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

k publishers where followings continue to grow, it is estimated that several hundred romance novels are published each month.

My realm is a growing sub-genre in e-dom: erotic romance. Here

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

he sex just melts right off the keyboard. Naughty words are used to describe naughty bits, and depending upon the heat level and flamboyance of the author you could be reading literally 200

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

pages of pure unadulturated whoopie. How is this not porn. Well, that depends upon one's definition of pornography, but I can tell you we classify porn as endless strings of explicit sex sce

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

Following aspects would a

nes presented without benefit of plot. We see erotic romance as a story enhanced by its eroticism, but not wholly defined by it. Most romances have the HEA (happily ever after) ending, and i

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

our cases if the story can stand up without the sex it is well worth a look.

Of course, there must be sex, and lots of it. When a reader buys a work labeled as erotic romance, it is to be

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

expected that the hero and heroine are going to get it one, and rather quickly. In a chair, on the stairs, on a boat in a moat, in Terre Haute...in every position that doesn't cause leg cram

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

ps. There are times, however, I will receive a wonderful love story for one of our lines that is passionate and warm and does contain sex, just not enough to satisfy my readers. This leads u

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

to item number two on our list: KNOW THE GENRE.

If you are interested in a specific genre where your writing is concerned, know the basics of that genre. If you want to write erotic romanc

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

e, know the proper elements involved. Read the erotic romances being published by the top print publishers and eBook houses - Kensington's Aprhodosia, Harlequin's Spice, etc. If you are inte

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

rested in mystery, read up on the top sellers and know the fundamentals of a good story - conflict, clues, resolution. A book touted as erotic romance that contains only one graphic sex scen

.

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

in 200 printable pages will not suit the Aprhodosia's of the world, nor will a whodunnit where nobody really knows "who" work for the top mystery publisher.

This may sound like preaching t

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

o the choir, but I wouldn't advise this if I didn't receive works that didn't suit our genre. To write the genre is to know the genre, to read the genre, and to know what the publisher wants

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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