Like IUDs or birth control implants, vaginal rings offer an alternative to birth control pills for hormone-based pregnancy prevention. These thin plastic rings sit imperceptibly at the base of the ...

The vaginal contraceptive ring represents one of the more recent innovations in hormonal birth control, offering a unique delivery system that combines convenience with effectiveness. Unlike daily ...

Women in a growing number of African countries will soon have access to a vaginal ring to help reduce their risk of acquiring HIV from an infected partner. And they can use it discreetly, without ...

A monthly vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine—an HIV prevention method that has been approved in several African countries and recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Tosha Rogers, MD, is a one-woman HIV prevention evangelist. For nearly a decade now, the Atlanta-based ob/gyn has been on a mission to increase her gynecological colleagues' awareness and prescribing ...

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended an extension of indication for dapivirine vaginal ring 25 mg to include its use in women ...

An abstract presented today at this year’s virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections lays out promising phase 1 results on a 90-day dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention. An ...

The ongoing Phase IIIb study, known as DELIVER, or MTN-042, was designed to evaluate the safety and acceptability of the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring, a new HIV prevention method approved in ...

PITTSBURGH – March 21, 2024 – Researchers who are developing a dual-purpose vaginal ring to protect women against both HIV and unplanned pregnancy for a month at a time have begun a study to evaluate ...

A vaginal ring that emits the antiviral dapivirine has passed safety trials and could shield vulnerable women against HIV infection during pregnancy, a new trial shows. "We now have data on the ring's ...

A vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine and the contraceptive hormone levonorgestrel delivered sustained levels of each drug when used continuously for 90 days—levels likely ...