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Artemether + Lumefantrine — Competitive Intelligence Brief
marketed
Antimalarial combination
Plasmodium falciparum hemoglobin metabolism and heme detoxification pathway
Infectious Disease
Small molecule
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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)
| Drug | Generic | Sponsor | Phase | Class | Target | Approval / 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)
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Sponsor landscape (Antimalarial combination class)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 4 drugs in this class
- Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand · 4 drugs in this class
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 3 drugs in this class
- Sanofi · 2 drugs in this class
- Menzies School of Health Research · 2 drugs in this class
- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado · 1 drug in this class
- Epicentre · 1 drug in this class
- Jhpiego · 1 drug in this class
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany · 1 drug in this class
- Ifakara Health Institute · 1 drug in this class
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Drug Landscape (2026). Artemether + Lumefantrine — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/artemether-lumefantrine. Accessed 2026-05-16.
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