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		</div><p>Scientists have developed a contraceptive pill they say women will only need to take once a month.</p>
<p>An American research team funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has tested the tablet on pigs, and hopes human trials can begin within a few years, according to a report by the researchers published in Science Translational Medicine.</p>
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<p>The pill is designed to resist immediate erosion by stomach acid and would instead sit in the stomach for weeks, slowly releasing the hormones required to prevent a pregnancy, the report said.</p>
<p>Researchers say the pill would offer women more choice, and should allay the fears of women who want to take a contraceptive pill but are worried about forgetting to take a daily dose, thereby reducing unwanted pregnancies.</p>
<p>The pill comprises six outward-spanning arms joined in the middle and folded to fit inside a small capsule.</p>
<blockquote><p>Coming up with a monthly version of a contraceptive drug could have a tremendous impact on global health</p></blockquote>
<p>Once swallowed, when the capsule casing dissolves, the arms spread out again so that the contraceptive assumes a size too large to be passed straight away.</p>
<p>Ameya Kirtane, of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, said: “Coming up with a monthly version of a contraceptive drug could have a tremendous impact on global health.</p>
<p>“The impact that oral contraceptives can have on human health and gender equality cannot be overstated.”</p>
<p>Trials on pigs found animals given the monthly tablet had the same level of the hormone in their bloodstream as those given a daily dose.</p>
<p>The hormone was still present in the pigs 29 days after administration.</p>
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<p>“Patient adherence to medications can be increased by reducing dosing frequency,” the research team wrote in their report.</p>
<p>“Adherence to monthly therapies is greater than adherence to weekly and daily therapies. Hence, an orally administered long-acting contraceptive could improve patient adherence in the population that prefers pills.”</p>
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