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WHO-recommended periodic presumptive treatment — Competitive Intelligence Brief

WHO-recommended periodic presumptive treatment (WHO-recommended periodic presumptive treatment) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Antimalarial combination therapy. Area: Infectious Disease / Parasitology.

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Target snapshot

WHO-recommended periodic presumptive treatment (WHO-recommended periodic presumptive treatment) — University of Washington. WHO-recommended periodic presumptive treatment (PPT) involves administering antimalarial drugs at regular intervals to pregnant women or other at-risk populations to prevent malaria infection regardless of parasitemia status.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
WHO-recommended periodic presumptive treatment TARGET WHO-recommended periodic presumptive treatment University of Washington marketed Antimalarial combination therapy
SP-IPTp SP-IPTp London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine marketed Antimalarial combination therapy Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine); hemozoin formation (piperaquine)
Amodiaquine-artesunate (ASAQ) Amodiaquine-artesunate (ASAQ) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention marketed Antimalarial combination therapy Plasmodium falciparum heme polymerase; artemisinin-derived endoperoxide bridge
IPTp-DP IPTp-DP Kenya Medical Research Institute marketed Antimalarial combination therapy Plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite)
Artesunate plus Amodiaquine Artesunate plus Amodiaquine Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine marketed Antimalarial combination therapy Plasmodium falciparum (multiple parasite targets including heme detoxification pathway and DNA synthesis)
lumefantrine plus artemether lumefantrine plus artemether Centers for Disease Control and Prevention marketed Antimalarial combination therapy Malaria parasite heme metabolism and hemozoin formation
Coadministered Artesunate plus Amodiaquine Coadministered Artesunate plus Amodiaquine Professor Anders Björkman marketed Antimalarial combination therapy Plasmodium falciparum heme metabolism and protein synthesis

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 therapy class)

  1. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · 4 drugs in this class
  2. Kenya Medical Research Institute · 2 drugs in this class
  3. University of Oxford · 2 drugs in this class
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2 drugs in this class
  5. University of Melbourne · 1 drug in this class
  6. Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · 1 drug in this class
  7. University of Washington · 1 drug in this class
  8. Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado · 1 drug in this class
  9. Medicines for Malaria Venture · 1 drug in this class
  10. Professor Anders Björkman · 1 drug in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). WHO-recommended periodic presumptive treatment — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/who-recommended-periodic-presumptive-treatment. Accessed 2026-05-17.

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