malaria
New malaria vaccine found effective in adults
May 8, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Oxford, Plasmodium falciparum, Vaccine, malaria
A new malaria vaccine has shown promise in early stage trials, reducing the risk of contracting the disease by two …
Merck Serono signs antimalarial development deal
April 2, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DDD107498, Medicines for Malaria Venture, Merck Serono, antimalarial, malaria
Merck Serono and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) have signed an agreement which will see them advance the development of …
Resistance threat to malaria drug is ‘alarming’
February 20, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Qinghaosu, artemisinin, malaria, thailand
Resistance to a group of drugs that possess the most rapid action against malaria – artemisinin, aka Qinghaosu – is …
App could crack fake antimalarial drugs market
November 6, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, antimalarial, app, colourassist, malaria, talanta
A cheap iPhone app developed last year has demonstrated high-level effectiveness towards identifying bogus antimalarial treatments. A recent study published …
Sanofi and PATH launch large-scale malaria drug production
August 19, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Africa, Sanofi, acts, artemisinin, malaria, path
Sanofi and global health charity PATH have come together to launch a large-scale production line of malaria jab semisynthetic artemisinin …
GSK seeks regulatory review of first malaria vaccine
July 26, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, malaria, rts, s
GSK has submitted a regulatory application to the European Medicines Agency for its malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S and hopes it …
GSK sets malaria vaccine roll-out date to 2015
October 8, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Vaccine, malaria, rts, s
GlaxoSmithKline says it is just two years away from marketing the world’s first malaria vaccine RTS,S. This follows results from …
Novartis backs new anti-malaria campaign
September 23, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Novartis, donation, malaria
Sanaria’s malaria vaccine shows promise
August 9, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing PfSPZ, Vaccine, malaria, sanaria
Researchers in the US have announced promising results from a Phase I clinical trial of biotech firm Sanaria’s new malaria …
New malaria drug ready for launch
July 5, 2012Sales and Marketing ACT, Sigma Tau, Sigma-Tau, malaria
Eurartesim, the first artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) approved in Europe to treat uncomplicated malaria, is being prepared for launch in …
Gates urges investment in innovations for developing nations
January 25, 2012Research and Development AIDS, Bill Gates, Global Fund, TB, malaria
Bill Gates has called on global leaders to invest in innovations that are accelerating progress against poverty, or risk a …
GSK malaria vaccine cuts disease risk by half
October 19, 2011Research and Development malaria, malaria vaccine
Results from GSK’s malaria vaccine trial have excited observers after it reduced the risk of the disease by half. Data …
Positive results for phase II malaria vaccine
September 16, 2011Research and Development malaria, malaria vaccine
Researchers in the US and West Africa believe they have identified the first effective blood-stage malaria vaccine, a development which …
GSK welcomes outside researchers to its ‘open lab’
June 29, 2011Research and Development GSK, TB, academic alliance, malaria, open lab
The first scientists from outside GlaxoSmithKline have started work at the manufacturer’s ‘open lab’ for diseases of the developing world …
