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"On-demand" HIV prevention method for women b

<p>A fast-dissolving vaginal insert that women would use at or around the time of sex as an &ldquo;on-demand&rdquo; HIV prevention method is being evaluated in a new early phase study being conducted by <a href="https://www.matrix4prevention.org/">MATRIX</a>, a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded project focused on the early research and development of innovative HIV prevention products for women.&nbsp; The MATRIX study is only the second Phase 1 trial of the <a href="https://www.matrix4prevention.org/products/tafevg-fast-dissolving-vaginal-insert">fast-dissolving insert</a> used vaginally and the first to evaluate its use in African women. The insert, which contains the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) and elvitegravir (EVG), is the only on-demand HIV prevention product for use by women currently being evaluated in clinical trials.</p>
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