Working collaboratively, the International Rectal Microbicide Working Group and the Global Campaign for Microbicides have been investigating the claims of a lubricant manufacturer in the United Kingdom called Kirklees Medical Limited. The company has been making explicit claims on their website regarding the ability of its products to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted HIV infection with no proof of safety or efficacy. In a December 18, 2006 e-mail to IRMWG from Christiaan Hohenzollern of Kirklees Medical, Mr. Hohenzollem stated that a Kirklees lubricant “is less than 50% effective against HIV in actual use between partners although it performed exceptionally well against other STIs”.
Read the rest of this story, and the letter sent today to the UK regulatory authority on this matter, here.
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