The Heavy Lifters
06/24/20 • 42 min
There’s a race to be the first male birth control out there. And the people running the race are all taking a different route.
The human pipeline is just as important as the drug development pipeline. Some people work at a university, some at a startup, and some are even at a hospital – treating men with experimental contraceptives right now.
There’s a race to be the first male birth control out there. And the people running the race are all taking a different route.
The human pipeline is just as important as the drug development pipeline. Some people work at a university, some at a startup, and some are even at a hospital – treating men with experimental contraceptives right now.
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