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HIV gel breakthrough

By Health24 (South African Press Association) 9 February 2009: A study has found that a new vaginal gel called Pro2000 reduces the odds of HIV infection by 30 percent in women, says the Medical Research Council (MRC).

  • Posted by Mialy
  • Published: 2009-02-09

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.

  • Posted by Mialy
  • Published: 2009-02-09

Novel HIV-Fighting method finally gels

By Jon Cohen (ScienceNOW Daily News - Montreal, Canada) 9 February 2009: Trials of microbicide gels to protect women against HIV infection have a perfect record--not one of them has worked, and some were even harmful.

  • Posted by Mialy
  • Published: 2009-02-09

Vaginal gel shows promise in AIDS prevention

by Neka Sehgal (The Money Times-Montreal) 9 February 2009: A vaginal gel which can kill the HIV virus, was hailed for holding hope as a weapon in the arsenal against the deadly disease.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-02-09

New vaginal gel shows promise in AIDS fight graphs (Roundup)

By Health News (Washington) 9 February 2009: A vaginal gel which can kill the HIV virus during sexual intercourse was hailed Monday for holding hope as another weapon in the arsenal against the deadly disease.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-02-09

Microbicide reduces HIV infections by 30% in first success for field

By Gus Cairns & Michael Carter (Aidsmap News) 9 February 2009: Campaigners were celebrating the results of a trial of a microbicide to prevent HIV that has produced a positive result, the first one to do so.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-02-09

AIDS gels may work, but weakness seen in cocktails - Update 2

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor (Reuters - Washington) 9 February 2009: Researchers trying to find a way to protect women from the AIDS virus said on Monday they had the first evidence that protective gels might work.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-02-09

Anti-HIV gel shows promise in safety study

By CBC News (Canada) 9 February 2009: An experimental gel appeared to help protect some women from HIV infection, researchers said Monday.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-02-09

Indevus anti-HIV product gets study boost

By Julie Donnelly (Boston Business Journal) 9 February 2009: The National Institutes of Health has finished a study that found that women who received a vaginal microbial gel called PRO 200, made by Indevus, were 30 percent less likely to contract HIV than women who did not receive the gel.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-02-09

Researchers: Gel shows promise in AIDS fight

By VOA News 9 February 2009: A South African researcher says an experimental gel is showing promise in protecting women from the AIDS virus.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-02-09

Vaginal gel promising in AIDS prevention: study

AFP (Washington) 9 February 2009: An experimental vaginal gel has yielded promising results in preventing HIV infection in women, according to clinical trials conducted in Africa and the United States, the US National Institutes of Health said Monday.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-02-09

Novel HIV-Fighting Method Finally Gels

By Jon Cohen (ScienceNOW Daily News) 9 February 2009: Trials of microbicide gels to protect women against HIV infection have a perfect record--not one of them has worked, and some were even harmful.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-02-09

Experimental HIV protection gel shows promise

By RedObirt. 9 February 2009: Researchers said on Monday that an experimental vaginal gel to protect women from infection with the AIDS virus has shown some promise.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-02-09

Is microbicide research on teen girls OK?

(hivplusmag.com) 30 January 2009: Young women under age 18 have high rates of HIV acquisition and thus represent an important population for the clinical research of microbicides. Microbicide trials, however, primarily enroll adult participants.

  • Posted by Deborah
  • Published: 2009-01-30

Indevus HIV microbicide misses study goal

By Associated Press, 9 Feburary 2009: Indevus Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday its developing HIV microbicide product for women failed to meet its goal in a government-sponsored study.

  • Posted by Mialy
  • Published: 2009-01-13
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