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Artemether-lumefantrine: P. falciparum — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Artemether-lumefantrine: P. falciparum (Artemether-lumefantrine: P. falciparum) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Antimalarial. Area: Infectious Disease.

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Target snapshot

Artemether-lumefantrine: P. falciparum (Artemether-lumefantrine: P. falciparum) — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Artemether is a fast-acting antimalarial that acts by inhibiting the parasite's mitochondrial electron transport chain, while lumefantrine is a slow-acting antimalarial that acts by inhibiting the parasite's heme detoxification pathway.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
Artemether-lumefantrine: P. falciparum TARGET Artemether-lumefantrine: P. falciparum Centers for Disease Control and Prevention phase 1 Antimalarial Mitochondrial electron transport chain, Heme detoxification pathway
Coartem ARTEMETHER marketed Antimalarial [EPC] 2009-01-01
Coartem LUMEFANTRINE Novartis marketed Antimalarial [EPC] Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 2 2009-01-01
Qualaquin QUININE Sun Pharm Industries marketed Antimalarial Sodium channel alpha subunits; brain (Types I, II, III) 2005-01-01
Malarone PROGUANIL GSK marketed Antimalarial [EPC] 2000-01-01
Halfan HALOFANTRINE GSK marketed Antimalarial Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 2 1992-01-01
Mepron ATOVAQUONE marketed Antimalarial [EPC] ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 2 1992-01-01

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 class)

  1. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 6 drugs in this class
  2. Sanofi · 3 drugs in this class
  3. Epicentre · 2 drugs in this class
  4. University of Oxford · 2 drugs in this class
  5. · 2 drugs in this class
  6. Frantz Viral Therapeutics, LLC · 1 drug in this class
  7. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · 1 drug in this class
  8. Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement · 1 drug in this class
  9. Centre de Recherche Médicale de Lambaréné · 1 drug in this class
  10. GlaxoSmithKline · 1 drug in this class

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Cite this brief

Drug Landscape (2026). Artemether-lumefantrine: P. falciparum — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/artemether-lumefantrine-p-falciparum. Accessed 2026-05-17.

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