New developments in anti-malarial target candidate and product profiles

JN Burrows, S Duparc, WE Gutteridge… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
A decade of discovery and development of new anti-malarial medicines has led to a
renewed focus on malaria elimination and eradication. Changes in the way new anti …

Resistance to artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs): do not forget the partner drug!

C Nsanzabana - Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2019 - mdpi.com
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) have become the mainstay for malaria
treatment in almost all malaria endemic settings. Artemisinin derivatives are highly potent …

Comprehensive review on various strategies for antimalarial drug discovery

M Mishra, VK Mishra, V Kashaw, AK Iyer… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The resistance of malaria parasites to existing drugs carries on growing and progressively
limiting our ability to manage this severe disease and finally lead to a massive global health …

Anti-malarial efficacy and resistance monitoring of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine shows inadequate efficacy in children in Burkina Faso …

A Gansané, LF Moriarty, D Ménard, I Yerbanga… - Malaria Journal, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommends regularly assessing the
efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), which is a critical tool in the fight …

Pyronaridine–artesunate or dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine versus current first-line therapies for repeated treatment of uncomplicated malaria: a randomised …

I Sagara, AH Beavogui, I Zongo, I Soulama… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Artemether–lumefantrine and artesunate–amodiaquine are used as first-line
artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in west Africa. Pyronaridine–artesunate …

Treatment and prevention of malaria in children

EA Ashley, JR Poespoprodjo - The Lancet Child & Adolescent …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Malaria disproportionately affects children younger than 5 years. Falciparum malaria is
responsible for more than 200 000 child deaths per year in Africa and vivax malaria is well …

Artemisinin-based combination therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mali: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FO Maiga, M Wele, SM Toure, M Keita, CO Tangara… - Malaria Journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) was deployed in 2005 as an
alternative to chloroquine and is considered the most efficacious treatment currently …

Pyronaridine: An update of its pharmacological activities and mechanisms of action

C Bailly - Biopolymers, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pyronaridine (PYR) is an erythrocytic schizonticide with a potent antimalarial activity against
multidrug‐resistant Plasmodium. The drug is used in combination with artesunate for the …

Pyronaridine: a review of its clinical pharmacology in the treatment of malaria

WY Chu, TPC Dorlo - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pyronaridine-artesunate was recently strongly recommended in the 2022 update of the
WHO Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria, becoming the newest artemisinin-based …

pfmdr1 (Plasmodium falciparum multidrug drug resistance gene 1): a pivotal factor in malaria resistance to artemisinin combination therapies

JP Gil, S Krishna - Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Plasmodium falciparum, the deadly agent of malaria, is notorious for its
capacity to develop drug resistance. Treatment failures of artemisinin therapy regimens …