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Artemether-lumefantrine 5 days — Competitive Intelligence Brief
phase 3
Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT)
Malaria parasite (Plasmodium) heme metabolism and mitochondrial function
Infectious Disease
Small molecule
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Target snapshot
Artemether-lumefantrine 5 days (Artemether-lumefantrine 5 days) — University of Oxford. Artemether-lumefantrine is a fixed-dose antimalarial combination that kills malaria parasites through multiple mechanisms: artemether rapidly reduces parasite biomass while lumefantrine eliminates remaining parasites and prevents recrudescence.
Comparator set (6 drugs)
| Drug | Generic | Sponsor | Phase | Class | Target | Approval / PDUFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artemether-lumefantrine 5 days TARGET | Artemether-lumefantrine 5 days | University of Oxford | phase 3 | Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) | Malaria parasite (Plasmodium) heme metabolism and mitochondrial function | |
| Arterakine (DHA/piperaquine) | Arterakine (DHA/piperaquine) | Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam | marketed | Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) | Plasmodium falciparum and other malaria parasites (multiple targets including heme polymerization and oxidative stress pathways) | |
| DHA - PPQ group | DHA - PPQ group | National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Vietnam | marketed | Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) | Malaria parasite (Plasmodium spp.) — multiple targets including heme detoxification pathway and protein synthesis | |
| Arterakin (DHA-PPQ) | Arterakin (DHA-PPQ) | National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Vietnam | marketed | Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) | Plasmodium falciparum heme; parasite food vacuole | |
| Dihydroartemisinine-piperaquine | Dihydroartemisinine-piperaquine | Ministry of Public Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo | marketed | Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) | Malaria parasite (Plasmodium species); multiple parasite targets including heme detoxification pathway | |
| DHA/piperaquine and a SLD-PQ | DHA/piperaquine and a SLD-PQ | University of Oxford | marketed | Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) | Plasmodium falciparum and other malaria parasites (multiple targets including heme detoxification pathway) | |
| AS-AQ (Carsucam) | AS-AQ (Carsucam) | Centro de Investigacao em Saude de Manhica | marketed | Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) | Plasmodium falciparum (multiple parasite targets) |
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Sponsor landscape (Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) class)
- University of Oxford · 6 drugs in this class
- Centro de Investigacao em Saude de Manhica · 2 drugs in this class
- National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Vietnam · 2 drugs in this class
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 1 drug in this class
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam · 1 drug in this class
- University Clinical Research Center, Mali · 1 drug in this class
- Ministry of Public Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo · 1 drug in this class
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 1 drug in this class
- Malaria Consortium, Uganda · 1 drug in this class
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Drug Landscape (2026). Artemether-lumefantrine 5 days — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/artemether-lumefantrine-5-days. Accessed 2026-05-17.
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