In the United States to register a new condom for women

As reported by Reuters, the Administration for food and medicines USA began its review of applications for the registration of a new, less expensive female condom to prevent unwanted pregnancies, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

Female condom FC2 was designed by the "Female Health Co".

It is made of synthetic rubber, which is similar to the material for male condoms, which makes production less labor and reduces its value.

Throughout the world, known male condoms, a variety of brands which cost from 50 cents to $ 2 per piece. However, many people do not even know that there are not only male but female condoms. Mostly female condoms less to spread because of high costs - from 2.80 to 4 dollars.

Now the company is trying to approve a new version of the female condom. "The whole idea is to increase their accessibility," - said Mary Ann Liper, counselor and former president of the company. However, the Administration for food and medicines demanded that the company hold a special clinical trials that show how FC2 effective in protecting against pregnancy and infections.

The company said that it was not conducted tests, because condoms are made from new material, but in other respects they are the same as the old female condoms, which are sold in the U.S. market. The company insists that additional testing is needed. The administration will now consider the matter again.

Female condoms are composed of a plastic ring on the ground, which is attached a condom. Inside a condom is a second plastic ring, which is mounted on the cervix and outer ring remains outside the body of women. The company complains that have not been able to achieve successful marketing of products, but now she is looking for a partnership with another company - producer of male condoms or pharmacy company, which funds HIV prevention programs.

The women's version of a condom offers women the opportunity to control their own protection - a woman enters a condom before sexual intercourse. In many poor countries have already approved and circulated a new version of condoms for HIV prevention. Female condoms also have advantages over men.

They rarely break, cover female genitals from the outside, they are less reduces sensitivity during sex.