Wednesday, 20 May 2015

SRI International receives $49 million contact to study new therapies for HIV and AIDS


SRI International receives $49 million contact to study new therapies for HIV and AIDS

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health has awarded SRI International a new $49 million, seven-year contract, to carry on preclinical development of probable therapies for HIV infection and AIDS. The contract award assists the development of medicines to treat HIV and AIDS and the complexities and opportunistic infections related with the disease, as well as microbicides for avoiding sexual transmission of HIV.

More than 35 million people are infected with HIV across globe, according to the World Health Organization. Although considerable advances in therapeutics to treat HIV and AIDS, more effective and less toxic drugs and preventive treatments, such as microbicides, to prevent the sexual and perinatal transmission of HIV are still required.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/sri-international-receives-49-million-contact-study-new-therapies-hiv-and-aids-205.php

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