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Curious to know how much money they spent on this vaccine while there is already a treatment for malaria - it's called Artemisia Annua. Ans big pharma is doing
by walidwalid 5y ago
Curious to know how much money they spent on this vaccine while there is already a treatment for malaria - it's called Artemisia Annua. Ans big pharma is doing everything it can to dismiss that almost free solution to the problem.
- robbrown451 5y agoThere is a problem with the parasite resistance to Artemisinin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisinin#Resistance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisinin#Resistance) Regardless, malaria still kills millions... and you are complaining about them spending money on it?
- mabbo 5y agoWhy bother with a treatment when you can prevent even catching the illness in the first place?
- Fomite 5y ago"Big Pharma" has been providing antimalarials pretty much at cost through negotiations with the WHO and other international funders for quite some time now. But cheap drugs - especially since Artemisinin needs to be used as part of a combination therapy - aren't an easy solution to the malaria belt's woes.