Updates from the Exchange

The Male Contraceptive Initiative (MCI) has announced three new funding opportunities: the David Sokal Innovation Awards, the Discovery & Development Awards,...

The Global Health Network has announced that the Trials Methodology Research Partnership (TMRP) has made available funds for small pump-priming grants of betw...

Personally, I love the idea of side benefits. Perhaps that’s because my own hormonal IUD has afforded me one of the best side benefits out..

A woman’s menstrual cycle – though critical for conceiving life, can also be painful, messy, and downright uncomfortable. And, women who...

Amphora, an investigational Multipurpose Vaginal pH Regulator (MVP-RTM), shows promise for the United States Food and Drug Administration...

We tend to think of contraception as a medical versus a sexual good. Most studies of contraceptives, as well as most public health...

The pregnancy rate in the United States has steadily declined during the last three decades, hitting subsequent lows in 2016 and 2017...

New methods of male contraception are needed that allow men to contracept reversibly, and on a long-term basis. Men currently have...

Some method-related side effects are unquestionably undesirable for users. But some methods have often underappreciated noncontraceptive...

Contraceptives are consumer products. However, very little consumer research has informed the design and development of new contraceptive...

Side effects associated with modern contraceptive methods often get a “bad rap.” Notably, research shows that individuals often...

In 1960, FDA approval of the first hormonal contraceptive—more commonly known as “the pill”—revolutionized sexual and reproductive health...