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Chloroquine + Primaquine — Competitive Intelligence Brief
marketed
Antimalarial combination
Plasmodium parasite heme metabolism and mitochondrial function
Infectious Disease
Small molecule
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Target snapshot
Chloroquine + Primaquine (Chloroquine + Primaquine) — U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. Chloroquine and primaquine work together as antimalarial agents by interfering with parasite DNA and disrupting the parasite's ability to metabolize hemoglobin.
Comparator set (6 drugs)
| Drug | Generic | Sponsor | Phase | Class | Target | Approval / PDUFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloroquine + Primaquine TARGET | Chloroquine + Primaquine | U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command | marketed | Antimalarial combination | Plasmodium parasite heme metabolism and mitochondrial function | |
| chlorproguanil-dapsone plus artesunate | chlorproguanil-dapsone plus artesunate | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | marketed | Antimalarial combination | Dihydrofolate reductase (chlorproguanil/dapsone); mitochondrial function (artesunate) | |
| Artemether + Lumefantrine | Artemether + Lumefantrine | GlaxoSmithKline | marketed | Antimalarial combination | Plasmodium falciparum hemoglobin metabolism and heme detoxification pathway | |
| 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 | |
| artemether-lumefantrine (ALN) | artemether-lumefantrine (ALN) | Jhpiego | marketed | Antimalarial combination | Plasmodium falciparum heme metabolism and parasite membranes | |
| Artemether-lumefantrine combination plus albendazole | Artemether-lumefantrine combination plus albendazole | Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana | marketed | Antimalarial combination with anthelmintic | Plasmodium falciparum (multiple mechanisms); Ascaris, Hookworm, Trichuris (tubulin) | |
| IPTp-DP | IPTp-DP | Kenya Medical Research Institute | marketed | Antimalarial combination therapy | Plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite) |
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). Chloroquine + Primaquine — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/chloroquine-primaquine. Accessed 2026-05-16.
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