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artemether-lumefantrine (ALN) — Competitive Intelligence Brief
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Antimalarial combination
Plasmodium falciparum heme metabolism and parasite membranes
Infectious Disease
Small molecule
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Target snapshot
artemether-lumefantrine (ALN) (artemether-lumefantrine (ALN)) — Jhpiego. Artemether and lumefantrine work synergistically to kill malaria parasites by disrupting their hemoglobin metabolism and causing rapid parasite clearance.
Comparator set (6 drugs)
| Drug | Generic | Sponsor | Phase | Class | Target | Approval / PDUFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| artemether-lumefantrine (ALN) TARGET | artemether-lumefantrine (ALN) | Jhpiego | marketed | Antimalarial combination | Plasmodium falciparum heme metabolism and parasite membranes | |
| chlorproguanil-dapsone plus artesunate | chlorproguanil-dapsone plus artesunate | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | marketed | Antimalarial combination | Dihydrofolate reductase (chlorproguanil/dapsone); mitochondrial function (artesunate) | |
| Atovaquone / Proguanil | Atovaquone / Proguanil | Radboud University Medical Center | marketed | Antimalarial combination | Mitochondrial electron transport chain (atovaquone); dihydrofolate reductase (proguanil) | |
| artemisinin/naphthoquine | artemisinin/naphthoquine | Ifakara Health Institute | marketed | Antimalarial combination | Plasmodium falciparum heme metabolism and mitochondrial electron transport | |
| lumefantrine plus artemether | lumefantrine plus artemether | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | marketed | Antimalarial combination therapy | Malaria parasite heme metabolism and hemozoin formation | |
| lumefantrine-artemether | lumefantrine-artemether | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | marketed | Antimalarial combination | Malaria parasite (Plasmodium) hemoglobin metabolism and mitochondrial function | |
| IPTp-DP | IPTp-DP | Kenya Medical Research Institute | marketed | Antimalarial combination therapy | Plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite) |
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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 (ALN) — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/artemether-lumefantrine-aln. Accessed 2026-05-17.
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