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First malaria medicine for infants under 4.5kg receives approval
July 9, 2025Medical Communications, Research and Development Coartem Baby, Infections and infestations, Medicines for Malaria Venture, Novartis, Paediatrics, Swissmedic, malaria
Coartem (artemether-lumefantrine) Baby, or Riamet, has been approved by Swissmedic as the first malaria medicine for newborns and young infants. …
FDA approves Roche’s test for malaria in blood donors
April 2, 2024Business Services FDA, Infections and infestations, blood donation, malaria
Roche has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its cobas Malaria test for use on …
WHO recommends new vaccine for prevention of malaria in children
October 3, 2023Medical Communications Immunology, Vaccine, WHO, malaria, malaria vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria …
FDA grants marketing approval for US Army’s malaria treatment
May 28, 2020Business Services Malaria drug, US, US army, US., malaria
The FDA has granted marketing approval for the US Army Medical Research and Development Command’s (USAMRDC) Artesunate for injection, which …
Scientists in Kenya discover microbe that could stop transmission of malaria
May 5, 2020Manufacturing and Production malaria, mosquitoes
Researchers studying malaria in Kenya have discovered a microbe that blocks transmission of malaria from mosquitoes which could pave the …
Drug resistant malaria spreads in South East Asia
July 23, 2019Manufacturing and Production South East Asia, global health, infectious diseases, malaria, parasites
Drug resistant malaria parasites are spreading rapidly in South East Asia, according to researchers from Thailand and the United Kingdom. …
Funding to fight malaria falls $2 billion short of WHO target, study shows
April 26, 2019Medical Communications WHO, developing countires, funding, health economics, infectious diseases, malaria
Global spending on the fight against malaria has stalled, falling $2 billion short of World Health Organization (WHO) targets, according …
Innovative malaria vaccine to be trialled in Malawi
April 23, 2019Manufacturing and Production GSK, Mosquirix, RTS S, ghana, kenya, malaria, malawi
An innovative malaria vaccine is set to be trialled in Malawi as part of large scale trials which will see …
Diet drugs supress appetite in mosquitoes, study shows
February 11, 2019Sales and Marketing Zika, dengue, infectuous diseases, malaria, mosquitoes
Scientists were able to supress mosquitoes appetites using diet drugs for humans, according to research published in the journal Cell. …
Global Fund seeks £11bn as progress slows in fight against malaria, TB and HIV
January 14, 2019Sales and Marketing Africa, Global Fund, HIV, TB, infectious diseases, malaria, tuberculosis
The Global Fund is seeking £11 billion worth of investment in an attempt to save 16 million lives in the …
Researchers eliminate mosquito population through CRISPR gene editing technology
September 27, 2018Research and Development crispr, gene editing, imperial college london, malaria, mosquitoes
Researchers at Imperial College London have been able to wipe out a population of mosquitoes through ‘gene drive’ technology. The …
First new treatment for reccurent malaria approved in over 60 years
July 23, 2018Manufacturing and Production FDA, GSK, approval, malaria, p.vivax
The FDA has approved GSK’s Krintafel for the treatment of a recurring form of malaria in patients aged 16 and …
Smell test targets asymptomatic malaria carriers
May 15, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development biotech, drugs, malaria, pharma, pharmaceutical
Asymptomatic carriers of malaria may be responsible for the onwards transmission of up to 90% of cases, highlighting the importance …
Novartis to invest $100m in new malaria treatments
April 17, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novartis, WHO, malaria, pharma
Novartis has revealed it is to invest $100 million into the research and development of new treatments for malaria over …
Budget cuts to the President’s Malaria Initiative could risk 67 million lives, report finds
November 22, 2017Medical Communications, Research and Development Africa, Trump, USA, WHO, malaria, pharma
A team of researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) has argued that the proposal by US Congress to cut the …
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