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Artemether + Lumefantrine — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Artemether + Lumefantrine (Artemether + Lumefantrine) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Antimalarial combination. Area: Infectious Disease.

marketed Antimalarial combination Plasmodium falciparum hemoglobin metabolism and heme detoxification pathway Infectious Disease Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Artemether + Lumefantrine (Artemether + Lumefantrine) — GlaxoSmithKline. Artemether and lumefantrine work synergistically to kill malaria parasites by disrupting their hemoglobin metabolism and causing oxidative damage.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
Artemether + Lumefantrine TARGET Artemether + Lumefantrine GlaxoSmithKline marketed Antimalarial combination Plasmodium falciparum hemoglobin metabolism and heme detoxification pathway
lumefantrine-artemether lumefantrine-artemether Centers for Disease Control and Prevention marketed Antimalarial combination Malaria parasite (Plasmodium) hemoglobin metabolism and mitochondrial function
Pyronaridine artesunate Pyronaridine artesunate Medicines for Malaria Venture marketed Antimalarial combination Plasmodium falciparum DNA; heme detoxification pathway
artemisinin/naphthoquine artemisinin/naphthoquine Ifakara Health Institute marketed Antimalarial combination Plasmodium falciparum heme metabolism and mitochondrial electron transport
Tafenoquine plus DHA-Piperaquine Tafenoquine plus DHA-Piperaquine Menzies School of Health Research marketed Antimalarial combination Plasmodium hypnozoites (tafenoquine); Plasmodium blood-stage parasites (DHA-piperaquine)
Chloroquine + Primaquine Chloroquine + Primaquine U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command marketed Antimalarial combination Plasmodium parasite heme metabolism and mitochondrial function
lumefantrine plus artemether lumefantrine plus artemether Centers for Disease Control and Prevention marketed Antimalarial combination therapy Malaria parasite heme metabolism and hemozoin formation

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

No regulatory actions in the last 90 days for this set.

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

No PDUFA dates in the next 180 days for this set.

Patent timeline (forward window)

No upcoming patent expiries for this set.

Sponsor landscape (Antimalarial combination class)

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 4 drugs in this class
  2. Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand · 4 drugs in this class
  3. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 3 drugs in this class
  4. Sanofi · 2 drugs in this class
  5. Menzies School of Health Research · 2 drugs in this class
  6. Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado · 1 drug in this class
  7. Epicentre · 1 drug in this class
  8. Jhpiego · 1 drug in this class
  9. Charite University, Berlin, Germany · 1 drug in this class
  10. Ifakara Health Institute · 1 drug in this class

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Cite this brief

Drug Landscape (2026). Artemether + Lumefantrine — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/artemether-lumefantrine. Accessed 2026-05-16.

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