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Study defines effective microbicide design for HIV/AIDS prevention

...ve determined that a thin, long-lasting coating of microbicide delivered to susceptible tissues in a woman's vagi...ted. In addition to their role in drug delivery, microbicide formulations can act as physical barriers or filters to slow HIV's passage from semen into body tiss...

New licensing agreement to maximize AIDS drug development

... collaborated for many years on all aspects of our microbicide development programs, and we have a deep respect f... has been involved in the research of nearly every microbicide currently in clinical trials. They are currently managing a second Phase III trial of a microbicide ...

Anti-HIV drug has potential to prevent transmission in women

...o treat HIV is also safe when applied as a vaginal microbicide gel. Microbicides are designed to prevent the sexu...d made by Gilead Sciences. Currently, there is no microbicide available that has been approved for widespread use. The tenofovir study was a safety and product ac...

Vaginal gel may provide a new approach to HIV prevention

...st an HIV-like virus. The research suggests that a microbicide using compounds that inhibit the processes by whic...licensed an anti-HIV compound for development as a microbicide when the class of drugs is so early in development. Women make up nearly half of all people living ...

MetaChip provides quick, efficient toxicity screening of potential drugs

... last approximately 30 months. "This is the first microbicide safety and effectiveness trial of this magnitude to be conducted by NIAID," says Roberta J. Black, Ph.D., Topical Microbicide Team Leader in NIAID's Division of AIDS. "It is a critical trial evaluating two topical microbicides with differing mechanis...

International trial of two microbicides begins

... last approximately 30 months. "This is the first microbicide safety and effectiveness trial of this magnitude to be conducted by NIAID," says Roberta J. Black, Ph.D., Topical Microbicide Team Leader in NIAID's Division of AIDS. "It is a critical trial evaluating two topical microbicides with differing mechanis...

Topical treatment shown to inhibit HIV and herpes simplex virus infection

...) investigated the efficacy of PRO 2000, a topical microbicide under development by Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. "There is an urgent need for the development of safe and effective vaginal microbicides," Marla Keller, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the researcher...

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