I remembered this single injection, fully reversible male birth control method, and it's still stuck in clinical trials 4 decades after initial publication.
In 2000, an international survey found that 83% of men had expressed a willingness to use male birth control, thus hinting at a vast potential global market for RISUG. Nevertheless, pharmaceutical companies have expressed little interest in RISUG.
No shit how do you profit off of a compound cheaper than the syringe it comes in
No shit how do you profit off of a compound cheaper than the syringe it comes in
You just charge whatever the fuck you want? I get why this should be a problem, but in practice this seems like something you could just slap a large price tag on and see who bites. Fine tune from there.
As India's population grew throughout the 1970s, Guha modified his heart pump design to create a water pump that could work off of differences in ionic charges between salt water and fresh water in water treatment facilities. This filtration system did not require electricity and could potentially help large groups of people have access to clean water. India however decided that the population problem would be better served by developing more effective contraception. So Guha again modified his design to work safely inside the body, specifically inside the male genitalia. The non-toxic polymer of RISUG also uses differences in the charges of the semen to rupture the sperm as it flows through the vas deferens.[2]
Wild. I feel like a energy free water treatment plant would be way more important than male contraceptives (not that male contraceptives are bad, just that a fire and forget water treatment plant would save millions of lives).
I remembered this single injection, fully reversible male birth control method, and it's still stuck in clinical trials 4 decades after initial publication.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_inhibition_of_sperm_under_guidance
No shit how do you profit off of a compound cheaper than the syringe it comes in
Capitalism is fucking nightmare fuel.
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the primary research has been done in India but yes fuck this system
You just charge whatever the fuck you want? I get why this should be a problem, but in practice this seems like something you could just slap a large price tag on and see who bites. Fine tune from there.
it's also a one time thing, so it cant be relied upon. female birth control pills on the other hand...
Yeah, I thought about that after. Kinda curious if it is more driven by that or liability.
Wild. I feel like a energy free water treatment plant would be way more important than male contraceptives (not that male contraceptives are bad, just that a fire and forget water treatment plant would save millions of lives).