title: Family planning: today and in the future.
abstract: This review covers the state of contraceptive development noting new entries in the clinic (mainly steroidal and different delivery methods) and novel leads for nonsteroidal female- and male-methods in the pipeline. The time taken to market and the absence of partnerships with industry are stressed as major factors for the slow progress in their development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1911 N. Fort Meyer Drive, Suite 900, Arlington, VA 22209, USA. mjkharper@gmail.com
authors.forename: Michael J K
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D003272:Contraceptive Agents, Male; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
chemical_list: D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D003272:Contraceptive Agents, Male