– We are always hearing about breakthroughs in male birth control but I never seem to hear about it again. Why is this? Is there a reason why multiple different forms of male birth control never seem to materialize for sale?

Question

– We are always hearing about breakthroughs in male birth control but I never seem to hear about it again. Why is this? Is there a reason why multiple different forms of male birth control never seem to materialize for sale?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Research often requires public release of findings as a condition of funding. This is why you hear about cancer breakthroughs all the time.

Research is not the same as productization. It hasn’t been tested, trialed, scaled up, approved by the government etc.