But rather than a Big Pharma lab, the breakthrough is emerging from a university startup in the heart of rural India.
“If those companies were run by women, it would be totally different.”.
Guha’s technique for impairing male fertility relies on a polymer gel that’s injected into the sperm-carrying tubes in the scrotum.
Research assistants work at the Risug laboratory at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur (Sumit Dayal/Bloomberg).
About 540 men have received it in India, where it continues to prevent pregnancies in their partners 13 years after treatment, he said.
A submission to regulators this year will seek approval for Risug as a permanent method of birth control.
Another popular drug, venlafaxine, was shown increase the risk users engaging in suicidal thoughts and attempts at suicide Getty.