Microbicide Applicator

In the midst of the growing AIDS pandemic, microbicides could provide urgently needed options for women and men seeking protection from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. With numerous microbicide products in preclinical or clinical trials, most research has focused on the safety and effectiveness of candidate products, with much less research targeted on devices for delivering these products.

Microbicide delivery devices will be critical in ensuring safe and effective use of microbicide products.  The device impacts the overall product’s safety relationship with product purity and stability, avoidance of local trauma associated with insertion or use), e€fficacy (consistent delivery of the required amount of product in the intended location), and acceptability (comfort, ease of use, disposability). PATH’s goal is to ensure that safe, acceptable, and appropriate delivery devices are available for introduction and use with microbicides in low-resource settings. Since 2003, PATH has conducted a wide range of activities to inform and advance the development of new microbicide delivery methods including stakeholder research; clinical and acceptability research; bench testing; commercialization activities; regulatory work; and product development.

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