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AIDS gel with Gilead drug protects women in study

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Another reason why clinical research is so important. We can’t find the medicines of tomorrow if we don’t test today.

“VIENNA (Reuters) – A gel containing a prescription drug can sharply reduce HIV infections in women, a study described as groundbreaking by the World Health Organization showed on Monday.

The gel, containing Gilead Sciences AIDS drug tenofovir, reduced HIV infections in women by 39 percent over two and a half years — the first time such an approach has protected against sexual transmission of the virus.”

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