Nearly 50% of pregnancies are unintended. Science has intended to get male contraceptives on the market for decades now. What’s happened? Why don’t we have The Pill for men yet?
Intended covers male contraception, learning from the past, talking to the researchers of the present, and the users of the future.
It takes two to tango. So how is male birth control going to impact relationships? How is it going to change communication, sex, and understanding? We’ll talk to some couples using male birth control in clinical trials, and others who see the future in male contraception.
15 Jul 2020
She Said
Would you trust your man to use male birth control? Women have a very different relationship with birth control than men do. And a male birth control option may not be all that appealing to women, who have to bear the risk of pregnancy. We talk to three women who think there’s opportunity in male contraception, and are looking forward to the time when they can share in the role.
8 Jul 2020
He Said
If you build it, will they come? If you make a male birth control, will men use it? What do they care about? What sort of things do they want to see in a contraceptive? Three men who all have their own motivations, ideas, and opinions.
1 Jul 2020
The Long and Winding Road
Making a drug is hard, not to mention expensive. But a male birth control? It’s something nobody has ever done before.
Getting a drug to market is a big lift for a pharmaceutical company who has resources and connections. Male birth control hasn’t had either of those yet. So how are we going to do it? And even more – where are you supposed to start?
24 Jun 2020
The Heavy Lifters
There’s a race to be the first male birth control out there. And the people running the race are all taking a different route.
The human pipeline is just as important as the drug development pipeline. Some people work at a university, some at a startup, and some are even at a hospital – treating men with experimental contraceptives right now.
17 Jun 2020
Sperm Science
Male birth control won’t necessarily be a daily pill. It won’t necessarily even be hormonal.
How in the world do you actually turn off fertility for men? How in the world do you make it reversible? The contraceptive options of the future can look very different than the options of today.
10 Jun 2020
Ten Years Away for Fifty Years - Part 2
In the 1950’s a birth control pill was being tested in men. And it worked. But it never made it to market because of one unexpected reason.
Men have had condoms and vasectomies as their only options for centuries and The Pill was released nearly 60 years ago. Why aren’t there more options for men? Why have we been 10 years away from a male pill for 50 years?
10 Jun 2020
Ten Years Away for Fifty Years - Part 1
In the 1950’s a birth control pill was being tested in men. And it worked. But it never made it to market because of one unexpected reason.
Men have had condoms and vasectomies as their only options for centuries and The Pill was released nearly 60 years ago. Why aren’t there more options for men? Why have we been 10 years away from a male pill for 50 years?
15 Apr 2020
Introducing Intended
Nearly 50% of pregnancies are unintended. Science has intended to get male contraceptives on the market for decades now. What’s happened? Why don’t we have The Pill for men yet?
Intended covers male contraception, learning from the past, talking to the researchers of the present, and the users of the future. Join us for a journey, and find out where male birth control is - and when you'll be able to use it.
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