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HIV microbicides gaining pharma's interest.

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| February 01, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2005 United Press International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: STEVE MITCHELL

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Cellegy has granted a licensing agreement to CONRAD to research and develop its patented microbicides for the prevention of HIV, including Savvy, which is in phase 3, and a treatment dubbed "UC781," which is in phase 2.

The move appears to signal Cellegy's desire to get out of the HIV microbicide field, an area that big pharma has largely shied away from, preferring instead to focus on vaccines.

But experts said that microbicides could be available sooner than inoculations and could play a significant role in slowing down the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

"It's like the tortoise and the hare whether we'll have an effective microbicide before we have a…

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