Chlorproguanil/dapsone/artesunate
Alternative Names: CDA; Dacart; LAPDAP + artesunateLatest Information Update: 02 Jul 2023
At a glance
- Originator GlaxoSmithKline
- Developer GSK; Medicines for Malaria Venture; Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
- Class Antimalarials; Artemisinins; Biguanides; Sesquiterpenes; Sulfones
- Mechanism of Action Antimetabolites; Tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity No
Highest Development Phases
- Discontinued Malaria
Most Recent Events
- 08 Feb 2008 Chlorproguanil/dapsone/artesunate is still in phase III trials for uncomplicated malaria in sub-Saharan Africa
- 26 Jul 2006 GlaxoSmithKline and Medicines for Malaria Venture have initiated two phase III trials for malaria in sub-Saharan Africa
- 30 Nov 2005 Phase-III clinical trials in Malaria treatment in Africa (PO, Tablet)