Generic Malaria Drug Approval Granted to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Glenmark Pharmaceuticals final approval to sell a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) malaria drug Malarone. In April 2010, Glenmark settled a patent litigation with GlaxoSmithKline over atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride 250 milligram/100mg tablets–the generic version of Malarone. The Indian company can sell the generic tablets… Continue reading Generic Malaria Drug Approval Granted to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

Eradicating malaria in Sub-saharan Africa, Yes We Can

As promised last week, this is a response to the recommendations by the international team of experts on what governments and organizations should be doing with malaria.