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INSTEAD SCIENCES, INC. ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR LAUNCH OF MICROBICIDE EXPECTED TO AID IN THE PREVENTION OF STD’S AND HIV
San Diego based women’s health company to launch Amphora in late 2008
LA JOLLA, CA (March 24, 2008)- Today, Instead Sciences, Inc. announced that its microbicidal personal lubricant, Amphora, which has […]

Instead Sciences has patented a novel new vaginal applicator.
This new applicator is designed to be more comfortable than currently available applicators and provide better distribution via its rounded “showerhead” tip. Instead plans to distribute the applicator with its vaginal lubricant, Amphora, when it is launched later this year. It will fit standard tubing […]

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Published Abstract: The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in Peruvian women from socioeconomically deprived populations and to determine the association between BV and risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Women were administered an epidemiologic survey to determine sexual risk behaviour and they provided biological samples to […]

“ircumcision, microbicides, drugs, and even diaphragms offer new hope for preventing HIV disease, but the arsenal of weapons won’t matter much if they don’t reach the people who need them the most.
That’s the bottom line of a new report from the Global HIV Prevention Working Group, a panel of 50 international experts convened by the […]

Exciting news!! A study conducted at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and published in the September 15, 2006 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases concluded that Amphora™ (clinically known as Acidform) prevents the transmission of the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) in mice and is an optimal delivery vehicle for […]