Product Development Workshop 2013: HIV and Multipurpose Prevention Technologies

摘要

A workshop entitled "Product Development 2013: HIV and Multipurpose Prevention Technologies," was organized by CONRAD, a division of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Eastern Virginia Medical School, on 20-21 February, 2013 in Arlington, Virginia. This workshop was a follow-on to one entitled "Trends in Microbicide Formulations" held in Arlington in January, 2010 (Friend, 2010). The recent workshop was attended by a wide range of scientists from academia, industry and government staff. The workshop covered a range of topics, addressing both microbicide (topical pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP) development and the latest developments in Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (MPTs). MPTs are products that, if successfully developed, will address two or more reproductive health needs of women from a single product. The first day of the workshop focused primarily on microbicides while day two focused exclusively on MPTs.