Current Concepts for the IND-Directed Development of Microbicide Products to Prevent the Sexual Transmission of HIV.

Current Concepts for the IND-Directed Development of Microbicide Products to Prevent the Sexual Transmission of HIV. Curr Top Med Chem. 2016;16(10):1118-34 Authors: Buckheit KW, Furlan-Freguia C, Ham AS, Buckheit RW Abstract In the absence of an approved and effective vaccine, topical microbicides have become the strategy of choice to provide women with the ability to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV. Topical microbicides are chemical and physical agents specifically developed and formulated for use in either the vaginal or rectal environment to prevent the sexual transmission of infectious organisms. Although a microbicide product will have many of the same properties as other anti-infective therapeutic agents, the microbicide development pathway has significant differences which reflect the complex biological environment in which the products must act. These challenges to the development of an effective microbicide are reflected in the recently released FDA Guidance document which defines the microbicide development algorithm and includes the evaluation of preclinical efficacy and toxicity, and safety and toxicology, and indicates the necessity of testing of the active pharmaceutical product as well as an optimal formulation for delivery of the microbicide product. The microbicide development algorithm requires evaluation of the potential microbicidal agent and final formulated product in assays which mimic the microenvironme...
Source: Topics in HIV Medicine - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Curr Top Med Chem Source Type: research