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Dr. Zeda Rosenberg, who leads the International Partnership for Microbicides, argued in Bangkok that a microbicide to protect women from HIV could be available within five years.

Janssen GPH will also prioritise work with the International Partnership for Microbicides developing the investigational drug dapivirine for use as a monthly vaginal microbicidal ring designed to prevent sexual transmission of HIV and continue its pact with Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative for the preclinical research of a reformulated form of flubendazole for lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and onchocerciasis (river blindness), Janssen GPH is also developing a new, chewable formulation of Vermox (mebendazole) that will facilitate treatment of intestinal worms in younger children.

«This [set of studies] was the last hope for microbicides in many ways,» says Thomas Hope of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

Not exact matches

McCormack says the data mark the end of the road not just for this vaginal gel but the whole class of microbicides that use nonspecific compounds to prevent HIV - infection.

The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases provided the main funding for ASPIRE, which was run by the Microbicide Trials Network that Hillier heads.

For 20 years, AIDS researchers have searched for a vaginal microbicide that can block HIV, but they have made little progreFor 20 years, AIDS researchers have searched for a vaginal microbicide that can block HIV, but they have made little progrefor a vaginal microbicide that can block HIV, but they have made little progress.

Funding: This work was supported by the European Commission sixth Frame Work Programme as part of the European Vaccines and Microbicides Enterprise (EUROPRISE), the European Commission seventh Frame Work Programme as part of the Combined Highly Active Anti-retroviral Microbicides project (CHAARM)[to RAW], the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as part of the Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD grant 38637 [to RAW] and grant 1032144 [to MSS]-RRB-, and the UK Medical Research Council [RAW and AF].

His contributions to microbicides for HIV prevention spans two decades and culminated in the CAPRISA 004 tenofovir gel trial which provided proof - of - concept that antiretroviral drugs can prevent sexually transmitted HIV infection and herpes simplex virus type 2 in women.

Professor Abdool Karim is a member of the UNAIDS Scientific Expert Panel and Scientific Advisor to the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Scientific Advisory Board member of the US President's Emergency Pan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Chair of the PEPFAR Adolescent Girls and Young Women Expert Working Group, a member of the HIV Centre Strategic Advisory Committee and the NIH OAR Microbicides Planning Group.

Restricted to use by members of the European Vaccines and Microbicides Enterprise and for use within Europe.

Results from an initial study combining a microbicide candidate and experimental vaccine are promising enough to at least keep Imperial College virologist Robin Shattock coming back for more in pursuing what could be a novel move in preventing HIV infection.

The Resource Tracking for HIV Prevention R&D Working Group (RTWG), led by AVAC, in partnership with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and UNAIDS tracks trends in R&D investments and expenditures for biomedical HIV prevention options, including AIDS vaccines, microbicides, multipurpose prevention technologies, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), treatment as prevention, medical male circumcision, female condoms, HSV - 2 vaccines, HIV cure and therapeutic vaccines.

Researchers from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln have generated an «on - off switch» into a weakened form of HIV, potentially creating a new vaccine for Comprehensive exploration of research into HIV prevention, including microbicides, PrEP, PEP, condoms, circumcision and HIV treatment as prevention.

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