Pharmatex vaginal suppositories, 18,9 mg, N10

Benzalkonium chloride

Pharmatex is non-hormonal, locally applied contraceptive medication that destroy the sperms in the vagina. It should be used before sexual intercourse; the active ingredient has a spermicide effect (destroying the sperms) as it paralyzes the movement of sperms and then breaks them down.

The contraceptive effect of Pharmatex is clinically proven. The effectiveness of contraceptive method is described by the Pearl index, which gives the number of pregnancies per 100 woman years (that is the number of pregnancies in 100 women using a particular means of contraceptive method in a year). The Pearl index for Pharmatex is between 0.7 and 7, whereas it is between 3 and 28 in condom use, and 8 and 38 in interrupted intercourse.

It means that Pharmatex has the highest efficacy in the tested non-hormone contraceptive methods.

Active ingredient of Pharmatex

Benzalkonium chloride.

It is a group of non-prescription, non-hormone contraceptive medications for local application.

Marketing law holder of Pharmatex

LABORATOIRE INNOTECH INTERNATIONAL
7/9 avenue François Vincent Raspail
94110 ARCUEIL
France

Manufacturing authorisation owner of Pharmatex

INNOTHERA CHOUZY
Rue Rene Chantereau
L¢Isle Vert
41150 Chouzy-sur-Cisse- France
France