As always, to get approval for a drug, the potential side effects have to outweigh the benefits of the drug. From a purely logical and medical standpoint, there is no medical drawback for a man when the hormonal contraceptive fails and neither is there a medical benefit. If there are serious side effects, they have to outweigh the medical benefit and drawbacks, of which there are none, so that’s pretty hard.
For women on the other hand, medically speaking pregnancy is a huge condition, sometimes dangerous, so there is a benefit and drawback if it doesn’t work and the drugs are approved despite having side effects.
I think that if a company was serious about bringing a male contraceptive to market, the medical benefits of preventing unwanted pregnancies would be taken into account by the EMA/FDA, even if the user of the drug isn’t the primary beneficiary.
The problem is that despite lots of research no viable drug has been found yet.
As always, to get approval for a drug, the potential side effects have to outweigh the benefits of the drug. From a purely logical and medical standpoint, there is no medical drawback for a man when the hormonal contraceptive fails and neither is there a medical benefit. If there are serious side effects, they have to outweigh the medical benefit and drawbacks, of which there are none, so that’s pretty hard.
For women on the other hand, medically speaking pregnancy is a huge condition, sometimes dangerous, so there is a benefit and drawback if it doesn’t work and the drugs are approved despite having side effects.
I think that if a company was serious about bringing a male contraceptive to market, the medical benefits of preventing unwanted pregnancies would be taken into account by the EMA/FDA, even if the user of the drug isn’t the primary beneficiary.
The problem is that despite lots of research no viable drug has been found yet.
I think you flipped what you meant to say