Accelerating Innovation in Vaginal Formulations in Support of Women’s Health India

Description

1) Objective

Grand Challenges India – Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (GCI-BIRAC) announce an open call on ‘Accelerating Innovation in Vaginal Formulations in Support of Women’s Health,’ a program directed at addressing challenges that limit effective local drug delivery for women’s health, particularly in managing reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

GCI-BIRAC are soliciting applications that contribute to development of vaginal formulations that promote optimal drug delivery within the vaginal compartment while positively supporting the vaginal milieu, and that also possess beneficial effects, even if unrelated to the API intended effect, that a user might consider desirable, such as enhancement of sexual pleasure. GCI-BIRAC anticipate identifying product-agnostic features that promote vaginal health and that broadly appeal to women to advance product development and formulations for women’s health.

2) Eligibility

GCI-BIRAC welcome innovations at any stage of development that meet the scope of this call.

3) Location

Actions must take place in India.

4) Budget

n/A

5) Application