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Article: Africa, India test sites for anti-HIV microbicide.
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- AIDS Alert
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Africa, India test sites for anti-HIV microbicide
Cellulose sulfate tested in high-risk women
Phase III effectiveness clinical trials have begun for the potential anti-HIV microbicide cellulose sulfate (Ushercell), formerly called C31G, which already has demonstrated safety when used by women..sup.1-4
If the trials go well, the product could be ready for approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by 2010.
Cellulose sulfate is being evaluated in two studies, each enrolling 2,400 women considered at high-risk of HIV infection, explains Henry L. Gabelnick, PhD, director of the Contraceptive Research and Development Programme ...