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US FDA approves the only drug in US to treat severe malaria expresspharma
May 28, 2020
Prior to this approval, IV artesunate was only available to patients through the FDA’s Expanded Access program.
Two malaria vaccine candidates show signs of efficacy europeanpharmaceuticalreview
May 26, 2020
Clinical trials testing potential malaria vaccines report the vaccines were well tolerated and demonstrated some efficacy, delaying Plasmodium falciparum infection.
WHO calls for pharma to rapidly distribute malaria prevention and treatment tools europeanpharmaceuticalreview
April 30, 2020
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO has asked the pharmaceutical supply chain to swiftly distribute nets and antimalarial medicines in sub-Saharan Africa.
Scientists from Merck and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research discover novel class of candidate anti malaria agents pharmaceutical-business-review
March 06, 2020
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, announced the publication of research on the discovery ...
International research partnership and EDCTP to invest €44m in next-generation antimalarials to combat drug-resistant malaria in Africa worldpharmanews
March 05, 2020
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) awarded a new grant to the new PAMAfrica research consortium led by Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV).
EDCTP commits €21.9m to MMV-led malaria research consortium pharmaceutical-technology
March 04, 2020
The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) has granted €21.9m to the PAMAfrica research consortium.
Kenya launches phased malaria vaccine pilot programme europeanpharmaceuticalreview
September 17, 2019
Kenya has become the third African country to introduce the world’s first malaria vaccine into the country, in a phased pilot programme.
Researchers find new drug with promise for malaria treatment pharmaceutical-technology
September 03, 2019
An international research team led by the University of Glasgow has discovered a new drug that could kill the malaria-causing parasite, offering hope for the treatment of the disease.
WHO: Malaria Eradication Not Currently Possible drugs
August 26, 2019
The eradication of malaria worldwide may eventually be possible, but when that might be achieved is unclear, according to the World Health Organization.
Malaria resistance to first-line antimalarial drugs spreading rapidly: The Lancet expresspharma
July 25, 2019
Researchers from Wellcome Sanger Institute and University of Oxford found that descendants of one multi-drug resistant malaria strain are replacing local parasite populations

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