Artesunate + Amodiaquine — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Artesunate + Amodiaquine (Artesunate + Amodiaquine) 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 DNA synthesis Infectious Disease Small molecule

Target snapshot

Artesunate + Amodiaquine (Artesunate + Amodiaquine) — Professor Anders Björkman. Artesunate and amodiaquine work synergistically to kill malaria parasites by disrupting their hemoglobin metabolism and interfering with their DNA replication.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Artesunate + Amodiaquine TARGET	Artesunate + Amodiaquine	Professor Anders Björkman	marketed	Antimalarial combination	Plasmodium falciparum hemoglobin metabolism and DNA synthesis
Artesunate + Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine	Artesunate + Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine	Sanofi	marketed	Antimalarial combination	Plasmodium falciparum (multiple targets: artemisinin-induced oxidative stress; dihydrofolate reductase; dihydropteroate synthase)
Atovaquone / Proguanil	Atovaquone / Proguanil	Radboud University Medical Center	marketed	Antimalarial combination	Mitochondrial electron transport chain (atovaquone); dihydrofolate reductase (proguanil)
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)
artesunate-amodiaquine (AS-AQ)	artesunate-amodiaquine (AS-AQ)	Yale University	marketed	Artemisinin derivative + aminoquinoline antimalarial combination	Plasmodium falciparum heme iron (Fe2+), parasite DNA, heme polymerase
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

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