Microbicide coated condoms: a lucrative business

Starpharma Holdings leading pharmaceutical development product is Vivagel®, a vaginal microbicide designed to inhibit the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and genital herpes. Australian giant showed cash reserves of AUS$ 24.3million (about $21 million US) at the end of December 2009. [...]

Genital Herpes Spreads on Several Locations at the Same Time

New research appears to show that the herpes virus frequently reactivates throughout the genital tract. In the study, scientists collected samples from four HSV2 infected women, taken from seven separate genital sites over a 30 day period. On 56 percent of days when viral shedding was detected, HSV2 was found on more than one genital surface and on both sides of the body. [...]