malaria
Sanofi signs malaria research alliance
May 5, 2011Research and Development Medicines for Malaria Venture, Sanofi-Aventis, malaria
Sanofi-Aventis has signed a research deal with the Medicines for Malaria Venture charity. They will work together to identify, characterise …
Next generation Malaria drug shows promise
September 6, 2010Research and Development malaria
A Novartis-led collaboration has discovered a novel anti-malarial candidate that could become the first new treatment for the disease in …
Semi-synthetic shortcut could boost supply of antimalarial
July 15, 2010Manufacturing and Production malaria
US researchers are pushing forward with the development of a cheaper, semi-synthetic version of artemisinin, the basis of the most …
Digital Pharma: Playing healthcare games
June 23, 2010Medical Communications Boehringer, Novartis, diabetes, digi game, malaria, virtual games
Boehringer Ingelheim has become the latest pharma company to use an online game to raise disease awareness. The pharma company …
Crucell malaria vaccine starts trials in Africa
May 11, 2010Research and Development Crucell, malaria
Dutch biopharma firm Crucell has started a phase I trial of its AdVac-based malaria vaccine in Burkina Faso, West Africa. …
GSK and Crucell to develop malaria vaccine
April 7, 2010Sales and Marketing Crucell, GSK, malaria
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals and Dutch vaccines company Crucell are to develop a ‘second generation’ malaria vaccine candidate. Malaria causes 900,000 deaths …
Methylene blue poised to move into the clinic
February 24, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novasep, ProveBlue, Provepharm, malaria
A new purer form of the reagent methylene blue could take the compound out of the testing laboratory and into …
GSK launches ‘Open Lab’ to share resources
January 21, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, GlaxoSmithKline, malaria
GlaxoSmithKline has announced a series of measures to help improve medical treatment in poor countries. It has set up an …
Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
January 15, 2010Medical Communications Diagnostics, Novartis, Roche, digital pharma, malaria
In this week’s roundup: Roche answers cancer testing questions, Novartis uses SMS in fight against malaria, UCB goes to Facebook …
