Researched
Contraceptive pill
Enovid, a steroid-hormone tablet, won US approval for contraception in 1960 and gave women a reliable, self-controlled way to plan pregnancies.
Open in the interactive tree →Gregory Pincus and John Rock ran the 1950s trials, building on orally active progestins that chemists such as Carl Djerassi had made in 1951. The pill spread worldwide within a decade and became one of the most studied medicines.
Prerequisites
- Organic Synthesis (Wöhler)1828
- Hormones1902-1905