Medical clevers are finding it dif...

Medical clevers are finding it difficult to agree onward best approaches for designing clinical studies to proof the safety and efficacy of microbicides in preventing HIV transmission to women The FDA Antiviral mix with drugss Advisory Committee met in August to propose guidance on how to organize trials where a control arm might be condom use, an inactive gel placebo or the two Problems arise because a condom-only meditation arm cannot be blinded, and using a placebo gel raises ethical issues if those participants experience higher infection rates. Panel members intimateed concern about condom use