If you can spray on a tan, why not a contraceptive? The Australian pharmaceutical company Acrux Limited has teamed up with the Population Council to develop a contraceptive spray that would be absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin — likely via a daily squirt on the forearm — and that would work by inhibiting ovulation.
Primary studies of the spray seem promising; Phase 2 trials will begin later this year.
“An important part of the Population Council’s mission is to meet the need for reproductive healthcare products on a global scale, and we believe that Acrux’s technology can be an attractive option for many women around the world,” Population Council CEO Peter Donaldson said in a press release. We’ll keep an eye out for the confirmed-safe contraceptive, and for the subsequent stonewalling by the Food and Drug Administration.
