The contraceptive market is one famously defined by its lack of innovation. Despite pioneering attempts by researchers to bring new contraceptive options to market – particularly efforts to develop a contraceptive option for men, outside of condom use and sterilization – no novel invention has gained mainstream success since the launches of the contraceptive patch and ring in the early 2000s.
This is despite the fact that 1.1 billion of the 1.9 billion women of reproductive age living in the world...
