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21 Feb 2011

Jomaa Pharma & MMV to Develop Malaria Treatment

Germany-based Jomaa Pharma and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) will co-develop novel malaria treatment based on fosmidomycin.

Jomaa Pharma GmbH, a German biopharmaceutical company, and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) a not-for-profit research foundation, have signed an agreement to jointly develop a fosmidomycin-based treatment for acute Plasmodium falciparum-induced malaria.

 

The project has been initiated following the reports of the emergence of resistance to a commonly used anti-malaria drug artemisinin on the Thai-Cambodian border.

 

Jomaa Pharma is planning to begin a proof-of-concept study of fosmidomycin in combination with piperaquine later this year.

 

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