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Huh. There is stuff in the pipeline (if you'll excuse the pun). Problem's still in the funding and testing.

Originally Posted by TimesOnline

Hurdle to development
The future of male contraception looks promising, but there is one huge hurdle. Most of the new inventions appear to work in the laboratory and in early trials, but they need millions of pounds more investment before they reach the marketplace.

Lissner says that if more money is not put in, these new products “will simply languish in the laboratories. Male contraception is the forgotten stepchild of research. Pharma companies, governments and foundations just haven't invested enough.”

She says that risk-averse pharmaceutical companies are put off by the liability involved in testing contraceptives on healthy young men. Many methods are now stalling at the point where it becomes expensive - taking it to animal and human trials. Development should no longer be left to the profit-motivated will of these companies, she says. Instead the British and US governments and other charitable foundations must step in to fund the next tier of trials.

“There are plenty of new methods in the pipeline. Yes, research is important, but the pipeline' is actually full now. Highest priority is to get these methods that already exist in the laboratory to the market.

“This is vital if we want something truly new. Men now want to take responsibility and control of contraception. The idea that men aren't willing to participate is clearly out of date.”