{"id":2357,"date":"2024-11-29T11:51:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T11:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2024-11-30T15:44:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:44:07","slug":"male-birth-control-gets-closer-to-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=2357","title":{"rendered":"Male birth control gets closer to approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Good morning! Kamala Harris breaks her silence after the election, Mexico\u2019s president Claudia Sheinbaum warns Trump against tariffs, and <\/em>Fortune<em>\u2018s Nina Ajemian reports on the state of male birth control\u2014amid a tumultuous political environment for women\u2019s health and drug approvals. Have a restful weekend. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013 In control.<\/strong> For years, advocates of reproductive freedom have been waiting for the arrival of male birth control (besides condoms and vasectomies). New options are finally getting closer to market\u2014just as the second Trump administration enters the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This is an issue on which the Trump White House could be a bit of a wildcard. On the one hand, the conservative roadmap Project 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/nwlc.org\/all-the-ways-project-2025-wants-to-undermine-birth-control-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/nwlc.org\/all-the-ways-project-2025-wants-to-undermine-birth-control-access\/\" rel=\"noopener\">threatens access to birth control for women,<\/a> from allowing employers to opt out of covering it to limiting the contraceptive methods that can be covered under the Affordable Care Act. But male birth control has the luxury of being \u201cremoved from the whole debate\u201d about abortion, says Darlene Walley, CEO of Next Life Sciences\u2019 Plan A, a male contraceptive in development. Most women know that treatments for men and women are often viewed differently, like how insurers have covered birth control <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2017\/10\/viagra-birth-control-united-states-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2017\/10\/viagra-birth-control-united-states-economy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">compared to Viagra<\/a>. Trump\u2019s Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., meanwhile, is poised to overhaul the FDA and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/26\/rfk-jr-hhs-vaccine-drug-policy-cdc-fda\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/26\/rfk-jr-hhs-vaccine-drug-policy-cdc-fda\" rel=\"noopener\">drug approvals process<\/a> just as new treatments seek the FDA\u2019s signoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in a time of transition, and the time is right for male contraception to really move out and get onto the market,\u201d says Heather Vahdat, executive director of advocacy group the Male Contraceptive Initiative. There have been efforts made to get products on the market before, but no male contraceptive has cleared phase three trials. A lack of funding from pharmaceutical companies and severe side effects have gotten in the way. (Men have been more reluctant to <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8029306\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8029306\/\" rel=\"noopener\">tolerate side effects<\/a> and treatments have been harder to get approved because pregnancy does not pose a physical risk to men.)<\/p>\n<p>One of those birth control methods is Next Life Sciences\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/future-pulse\/2024\/04\/03\/men-birth-control-00150297\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/future-pulse\/2024\/04\/03\/men-birth-control-00150297\" rel=\"noopener\">Plan A<\/a>, a non-hormonal, reversible contraceptive for men that lasts 10 years and is inserted in an outpatient procedure. Expected to enter clinical trials in the first quarter of 2025, Plan A uses a hydrogel that acts like a filter to stop sperm from moving through the vas deferens. The company plans for its FDA submission, approval, and commercialization to go through in 2027. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping that by giving the other half of the population the ability to participate in birth control that we can have a profound effect on pregnancies,\u201d Walley says. Another is Contraline, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/mens-health\/male-birth-control-gel-results-promising-rcna153349\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/mens-health\/male-birth-control-gel-results-promising-rcna153349\" rel=\"noopener\">also developing<\/a> a hydrogel\u2014this one\u2019s called ADAM\u2014and has been in human clinical trials for two years with FDA approval anticipated by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>It may not be fair that male birth control gets to be considered a topic separate from abortion rights while women\u2019s birth control is wielded as a political flashpoint, but the introduction of male contraceptives can still ultimately benefit women. Even founders of women\u2019s health companies see it that way. \u201cMy passion project after this business would be making male birth control mainstream because I just think it\u2019s so unfair that it all falls on women,\u201d says Jamie Norwood, cofounder of the women\u2019s health brand Winx.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cMale contraception is a female reproductive health product,\u201d argues Vahdat. \u201cThe goal will be to stop referencing it as male versus female contraception. Any contraception is ultimately trying to prevent an unintended pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Nina Ajemian<\/em><br \/><em>nina.ajemian@fortune.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Most Powerful Women Daily newsletter is<\/em> Fortune\u2019<em>s daily briefing for and about the women leading the business world. Today\u2019s edition was curated by Nina Ajemian. Subscribe here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Correction, Nov. 30, 2024: <\/em>A previous version of this article misstated the timing of Contraline\u2019s human trials.<\/p>\n<h3>ALSO IN THE HEADLINES<\/h3>\n<p><strong>&#8211; <\/strong><b>Breaking her silence.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz thanked volunteers and donors for their support of the campaign in a 13-minute <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CwIOfpxCbI0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CwIOfpxCbI0\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. \u201cWhat we did in 107 days was unprecedented,\u201d Harris said. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/harris-breaks-post-election-silence-in-message-to-supporters-keep-fighting\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/harris-breaks-post-election-silence-in-message-to-supporters-keep-fighting\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Vanity Fair<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Trade war.<\/strong> President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum warned President-elect Donald Trump that should he go through with his proposal for import tariffs, Mexico will impose tariffs on U.S. imports in response. She also rebuked Trump\u2019s assertions that her country is bringing weapons and drugs into the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-reidout\/reidout-blog\/trump-tariffs-mexico-president-claudia-sheinbaum-rcna181923\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-reidout\/reidout-blog\/trump-tariffs-mexico-president-claudia-sheinbaum-rcna181923\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>MSNBC<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Cyber protection.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight:400\">Cleo Capital, an early-stage venture fund founded by Sarah Kunst, is launching a cybersecurity accelerator to address \u201cout of control\u201d cyber threats\u2014in 2023, Americans lost over $12.5 billion to cybercrime. The accelerator will offer early-stage companies a $250,000 investment for up to 7% equity. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/26\/cleo-capital-launches-cybersecurity-accelerator-to-help-undo-the-crushing-burden-of-online-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/11\/26\/cleo-capital-launches-cybersecurity-accelerator-to-help-undo-the-crushing-burden-of-online-threats\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">TechCrunch<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Ready for it?<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight:400\">Taylor Swift\u2019s self-published book on her Eras Tour is available exclusively at Target today, a move that could provide some relief for the retailer after a recent decline in earnings and competition from Walmart and Amazon. Expectations for sales are high, as the book&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">s initial print run is 2 million copies. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/taylor-swift-target-exclusive-book-release-black-friday-0e8672a2?mod=latest_headlines\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/taylor-swift-target-exclusive-book-release-black-friday-0e8672a2?mod=latest_headlines\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>MOVERS AND SHAKERS<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Samsung <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-11-27\/samsung-gets-first-woman-ceo-outside-founding-family-in-86-years\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-11-27\/samsung-gets-first-woman-ceo-outside-founding-family-in-86-years\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">named <\/span><b>Kim Kyung-Ah<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> president and CEO of Samsung Bioepis, a biopharmaceutical company; she is the first woman outside of the company\u2019s founding family to lead a Samsung company in 86 years. Previously, Kim was EVP of Samsung Bioepis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Heritage Grocers Group, a specialty grocer for the Hispanic community, named <\/span><b>Suzy Monford<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> chairman and CEO. Currently, she is CEO of Food Sport International.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">LLYC, a marketing and corporate affairs consultancy, named <\/span><b>Luisa Garc\u00eda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> global CEO of corporate affairs. Garc\u00eda is a partner and former COO of the firm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Latecoere, an aerospace industry supplier, named <\/span><b>Sam Marnick<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> president of Latecoere Americas. Marnick, who sits on Latecoere\u2019s board of directors, was most recently COO and president of the commercial business at Spirit AeroSystems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">WesBanco, a bank holding company, appointed <\/span><b>Jan Pattishall-Krupinski<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> as senior executive vice president and chief administrative officer. Most recently, she was EVP and director of operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Ziff Davis, a digital media and internet company, appointed <\/span><b>Lori Tansley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> as chief accounting officer. Most recently, Tansley was SVP and chief accounting officer at Ankura Consulting Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Burlington Stores, an off-price retailer, appointed <\/span><b>Shira Goodman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> to its board of directors. She was previously CEO of Staples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">DIRTT Environmental Solutions, an industrialized construction company, added<\/span><b> Holly Hess Groos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> to its board of directors. Previously, she was Verizon\u2019s SVP of business excellence and zero based budgeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>ON MY RADAR<\/h3>\n<p><b>AllHere founder arrest shows it&#8217;s easy for startups to scam VCs <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/27\/allhere-founder-arrest-startups-scam-investors\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/27\/allhere-founder-arrest-startups-scam-investors\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Axios<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>How streamers helped designer Malin Leschly on her \u2018winding path\u2019 to become Logitech\u2019s chief design officer<\/b> <i>Fortune<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Part of <em>Wicked<\/em>&#8216;s magic? Its cinematographer, Alice Brooks<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/culture\/movies\/wicked-cinematographer-alice-brooks-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/culture\/movies\/wicked-cinematographer-alice-brooks-interview\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Marie Claire<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>PARTING WORDS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u201c<b>Women\u2019s sports aren\u2019t charity or a discount\u2014they\u2019re not $10 tickets. These are the best players in the world delivering incredible football\u2026 If they\u2019re still doubters, they just don\u2019t get it.<\/b>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014J<span style=\"font-weight:400\">ulie Uhrman, cofounder and president of Angel City FC, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/nwsl-is-the-darling-of-ambitious-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/nwsl-is-the-darling-of-ambitious-investors\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">on the NWSL\u2019s historic 2024 season<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\">This is the web version of MPW Daily, a daily newsletter for and about the world\u2019s most powerful women. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning! 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