Daré Bioscience receives $1M NIH funding for HPV treatment

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Daré Bioscience Receives NIH Funding Award Notice to Advance DARE-HPV, its Novel Investigational Treatment for Persistent High-Risk HPV Infection, the Most Common Cause of Cervical Cancer

May 26, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Receipt of award notice for second $1.0 million tranche of NIAID funding brings total NIH funding award for DARE-HPV to $2.0 millionFunding award milestone follows Daré's announcement last week of the initiation of its Phase 2 clinical study of DARE-HPV representing the first time women with persistent high-risk HPV infection may have access to this pharmacologic treatment as part of a clinical trialDARE-HPV targets high-risk HPV infection, the cause of virtually all cervical cancer cases in the U.S., for which there are currently no... More