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Analysis: Tough road for anti-HIV gel.
Byline: LAURA GILCREST
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- It's being billed by some as a miracle preventative against the deadly HIV virus, a medical next big thing on the level of the polio vaccine and penicillin: a vaginal gel or cream that for the first time gives women real power in protecting themselves from contracting the HIV virus through sex, particularly women who currently have little power, like many in AIDS-ravaged sub-Saharan Africa.
But the heady potential of the new treatment -- known as microbicide, now in early testing -- is colliding with the hard realities of finding enough patients willing to take part in clinical trials and attracting the pocketbooks of Big Pharma, realities that signal a challenging road ahead.
But academic groups, patient advocates and Capitol Hill lawmakers are hopeful and say they will forge ahead to try to have a topical,…
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