More than a quarter of pregnancies worldwide are unintended. Between 1995 and 2000, nearly 700,000 women died and many more experienced illness, injury, and disability as a result of unintended pregnancy. Children born from unplanned conception are at greater risk of low birth weight, of being abused, and of not receiving sufficient resources for healthy development. A wider range of contraceptive options is needed to address the changing needs of the populations of the world across the reproductive life cycle, but this unmet need has not been a major priority of the research community and pharmaceutical industry. New Frontiers in Contraceptive Research: A Blueprint for Action , a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, identifies priority areas for research to develop new contraceptives. The report highlights new technologies and approaches to biomedical research, including genomics and proteomics, which hold particular promise for developing new products. It also identifies impediments to drug development that must be addressed. Research sponsors, both public and private, will find topics of interest among the recommendations, which are diverse but interconnected and important for improving the range of contraceptive products, their efficacy, and their acceptability.

Sharyl J. Nass and Jerome F. Strauss III, editors; Committee on New Frontiers in Contraceptive Research, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Nass, Sharyl J; Strauss, Jerome F. (Jerome Frank), 1947-; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on New Frontiers in Contraceptive Research

Sharyl J Nass; Jerome F Strauss; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on New Frontiers in Contraceptive Research

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA

Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP)

Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press, 2004

Washington, D.C, District of Columbia, 2004

United States, United States of America

Online-ausg, Washington, D.C, 2004

March 11, 2004

Includes bibliographical references.
Also available in electronic form via the Internet as viewed 3/17/2004.

A report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, it identifies priority areas for research to develop contraceptives. It highlights technologies and approaches to biomedical research, including genomics and proteomics. It also identifies impediments to drug development that need to be addressed.

Cites a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies identifying priority areas for research for developing new contraceptives. Highlights new technologies and approaches to biomedical research, including genomics and proteomics.

1. Introduction
2. Target discovery and validation
3. Product identification and development
4. Improving contraceptive use and acceptability
5. Capitalizing on recent scientific advances.

xiv, 232 p. : 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references

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