There's a lot of useful medication out that that takes much longer to get approved than it should just because there is no profit in permanently solving a problem.
One example is the male birth control contraceptive Vaselgel. It's been shown to be 100% effect in trials with alpha male gorillas mating with dozens of women. You can read about how it works, but its essentially a one time shot (in the balls) that is 100% effective at stopping pregnancy, and can be reversed with a shot of baking soda and water to the nuts, but no pharma company will touch it because it would cut into the female birth control pill market.
A one time shot that last 5+ years vs a pill women have to take constantly. There's no money in a quick, easy, and cheap solution so the Vaselgel finally had to get crowdfunded to start the FDA approval process.
There's a lot of useful medication out that that takes much longer to get approved than it should just because there is no profit in permanently solving a problem.
One example is the male birth control contraceptive Vaselgel. It's been shown to be 100% effect in trials with alpha male gorillas mating with dozens of women. You can read about how it works, but its essentially a one time shot (in the balls) that is 100% effective at stopping pregnancy, and can be reversed with a shot of baking soda and water to the nuts, but no pharma company will touch it because it would cut into the female birth control pill market.
A one time shot that last 5+ years vs a pill women have to take constantly. There's no money in a quick, easy, and cheap solution so the Vaselgel finally had to get crowdfunded to start the FDA approval process.