Antimalarial drug discovery: progress and approaches

JL Siqueira-Neto, KJ Wicht, K Chibale… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent antimalarial drug discovery has been a race to produce new medicines that
overcome emerging drug resistance, whilst considering safety and improving dosing …

Towards next-generation treatment options to combat Plasmodium falciparum malaria

J Okombo, DA Fidock - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria, which is caused by infection of red blood cells with Plasmodium parasites, can be
fatal in non-immune individuals if left untreated. The recent approval of the pre-erythrocytic …

Recent developments in antimalarial drug discovery

T Umumararungu, JB Nkuranga, G Habarurema… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although malaria remains a big burden to many countries that it threatens their socio-
economic stability, particularly in the countries where malaria is endemic, there have been …

Viral clearance as a surrogate of clinical efficacy for COVID-19 therapies in outpatients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KM Elias, SR Khan, E Stadler, TE Schlub… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Surrogates of antiviral efficacy are needed for COVID-19. We aimed to
investigate the relationship between the virological effect of treatment and clinical efficacy as …

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V Mishra, S Tomar, P Yadav, S Vishwakarma… - Metabolites, 2022 - mdpi.com
Oyster mushrooms form an integral part of many diets owing to their characteristic aroma,
delicious taste and nutraceutical value. In this study, we examined oyster mushrooms by …

The problem of antimalarial resistance and its implications for drug discovery

TM Schäfer, L Pessanha de Carvalho… - Expert Opinion on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Malaria remains a devastating infectious disease with hundreds of thousands of
casualties each year. Antimalarial drug resistance has been a threat to malaria control and …

A pH fingerprint assay to identify inhibitors of multiple validated and potential antimalarial drug targets

JCR Lindblom, X Zhang, AM Lehane - ACS Infectious Diseases, 2024 - ACS Publications
New drugs with novel modes of action are needed to safeguard malaria treatment. In recent
years, millions of compounds have been tested for their ability to inhibit the growth of …

Defining the next generation of severe malaria treatment: a target product profile

J Achan, A Barry, D Leroy, G Kamara, S Duparc… - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
Background Severe malaria is a life-threatening infection, particularly affecting children
under the age of 5 years in Africa. Current treatment with parenteral artemisinin derivatives …

Global Health Priority Box─ Proactive Pandemic Preparedness

A Adam, D Besson, R Bryant, S Rees… - ACS Infectious …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The coronavirus pandemic outbreak of 2019 highlighted the critical importance of
preparedness for current and future public health threats (https://www. mmv. org/mmv …

Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and antimalarial activity of MMV533: a phase 1a first-in-human, randomised, ascending dose and food effect study, and a phase …

B Bestgen, S Jones, V Thathy, A Kuemmerle… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Novel antimalarials are needed to address emerging resistance to artemisinin
and partner drugs. We did two trials to evaluate safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and …