Why are we still waiting for a male contraceptive pill? | podcast

Despite research into a male contraceptive pill beginning around the same time as its female counterpart, no product has ever come to market. But that could soon change, with a new non-hormonal male pill being tested on humans in Britain late last year. Ian Sample speaks to bioethicist Prof Lisa Campo-Engelstein from the University of Texas and Prof Chris Barratt from the University of Dundee about why male contraceptives have been so difficult to develop, and what options are in the pipeline.

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