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Ghana launches Coartem 'baby' to strengthen fight against malaria in infants
03 Oct 2025 17:15 GMT
… war against malaria with the launch of Coartem Baby, a new drug designed … specifically for infants.
The breakthrough medicine … is expected to close a critical gap in treatment, safeguarding …
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Rwanda confronts a surprising surge in malaria
15 Sep 2025 19:37 GMT
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To combat drug resistance, Rwanda has started using alternative treatments.
“Since the … have been receiving new anti-malaria drugs. While Coartem is being used less … implementing a multiple first-line treatment strategy,” he explained.
Despite the …
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Medicine seized at Auki wharf
14 Sep 2025 05:44 GMT
… RODRICK DESURI
AUKI
Packs of medical drugs, three bags of home-brewed … of Coartem medicine, Paracetamol, and other medical treatments went missing from the Kilu’ufi Pharmacy … him.
Investigation into the missing medical treatments is still ongoing.
For …
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Soaring prices of drugs, medical access deepen crisis in health sector, engender spike in fake drugs
01 Sep 2025 08:27 GMT
… dire for malaria treatment as drug prices have nearly doubled. Coartem, a widely … pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, devices such as needles and syringes, biologicals, medical textile …
Fake and Expired Drugs
The impact on the pharmaceutical industry is enormous …
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Novartis and MMV's Coartem Baby Receives Swissmedic Approval for Malaria Treatment in Newborns and Infants
08 Jul 2025 15:53 GMT
… has approved Coartem Baby (artemether-lumefantrine) as the first malaria treatment specifically developed … with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) to address a critical treatment gap … national approvals. Novartis plans to make the treatment available on a …
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The first drug to treat infants sick with malaria is approved by Swiss authority
08 Jul 2025 14:36 GMT
… approval for a malaria medicine designed for small … the medicine from Basel-based pharmaceutical company Novartis for treatment of … access needed treatment.
The newly approved medication, Coartem Baby, … to now, antimalarial drugs designed for older children …
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World : Swiss Authority Approves First Drug To Treat Infants Sick With Malaria
09 Jul 2025 10:31 GMT
… the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants, touted … Tuesday for the medicine from Basel-based pharmaceutical company Novartis for treatment of babies … access the needed treatment.
The newly approved medication, Coartem Baby, is a …
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Medicare drug negotiations, a Novartis malaria drug, and more
09 Jul 2025 01:07 GMT
… in touch. …
The pharmaceutical industry is criticizing the Trump … for the drug, known as Coartem, is to treat infants … eight African countries where malaria was prevalent, including Nigeria … been treated with drugs intended for older children, which Novartis …
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Why the wait for effective newborn malaria treatment?
27 Aug 2025 13:52 GMT
… medicines agency Swissmedic of Coartem Baby, the first antimalarial drug … between pharmaceutical company Novartis and the not-for-profit Medicines for Malaria … Venture.
Improvised doses
For decades, healthcare workers treating malaria …
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Auki police to carry out ‘high profile’ probe into Kilu’ufi missing drugs
26 Aug 2025 01:26 GMT
… the case of missing drugs from Kiluufi hospital in … connection with the missing drugs, and they are hospital … behind the missing vital medical drugs.
“Since we have … drugs included five cartons of Coartem and a carton of Amoxicillin.
“Those medical drugs …