Condom of the future unrolled

London International, the world's leading condom manufacturer, is developing a female condom which it says will rival the much hated Femidom product.

Meanwhile, the company is poised to get US approval for a revolutionary polyurethane condom. Called Avanti, the condom has double the tensile strength of conventional latex, but is 40 per cent thinner. Avanti, which has taken six years to pass the US's stringent drug laws because of its unique material, should go on sale in the US in the next few months and be rolled out in the UK in September.