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Up one levelSTATEMENT: HIV prevention research focus of International Microbicides Conference May 22-25
(Eurekalert!, Pittsburgh, PA) 14 April 14 2010: HIV prevention researchers, policy makers and community advocates from more than 35 countries will be in Pittsburgh, May 22-25 to attend the 2010 International Microbicides Conference (M2010).
STATEMENT: International Partnership for Microbicides Receives US $130 Million from UK Government and the Gates Foundation
(IPM, Silver Springs, Md.) 24 February 2009: New support will accelerate development of new tools to help women protect themselves from HIV
STATEMENT: Indevus pharmaceuticals announces PRO 2000 found to show promise in large HIV prevention study
By PR Newswire (Indevus) 9 February 2009: Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDEV) announced today that a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored clinical study found that participating women who received PRO 2000, the Company's candidate vaginal microbicide for HIV prevention, had an approximately 30% lower risk of acquiring HIV infection than women who received a placebo or no vaginal product.
STATEMENT: Researchers discover new way men can transmit HIV to women
Eurealert release (Northwestern University) 16 December 2008: Virus races through healthy genital skin to reach immune cells in just four hours.
STATEMENT: UK calls for new drive on HIV research
United Kingdom (DFID News) 4 November 2008: The HIV epidemic is set to spiral out of control unless new ways to prevent infection are discovered, Development Minister Gareth Thomas warned today.
STATEMENT: CONRAD Receives $100 million from USAID for Microbicide Development
Arlington, VA (CONRAD) 8 September 2008: The CONRAD Program of the Eastern Virginia Medical School today announced that it has received a $100 million award from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to continue its development work on microbicides. To date, USAID has awarded a total of $160 million to CONRAD for microbicide research.
STATEMENT: Spain Contributes €1.5 Million to Global Efforts to Help Women Protect Themselves from HIV
MEXICO CITY (IPM and Planeta Salud) 4 August 2008: The government of Spain has announced its first contribution to the international effort to develop a microbicide that would offer women a promising new option to protect themselves from HIV infection.
STATEMENT: Inaugural Omololu Falobi Awards for Excellence in HIV Prevention
New Delhi, India (Release by AMAG, AVAC, GCM, JAAIDS, NHVMAG, TAM) 24 February 2008: 'Awards Presented at the International Microbicide 2008 Conference Recognize Exceptional Community Advocacy and International Leadership as Critical in Advancing Microbicides Research'
STATEMENT: Trial is first to see if hiv prevention gels are safe for pregnant women, their babies
Pittsburgh, PA (Microbicide Trials Network) 12 June 2008: Researchers plan to test microbicides to see if they are safe and effective in pregnant women.
Statement on co-enrollment of participants in CAPRISA 004 and HPTN 035 in South Africa
Open letter by Dr. Sharon Hillier, PI. (Microbicide Trials Network) 5 May 2008.