Pyronaridine-artesunate combination drug by Shin Poong is as effective as Coartem, study claims

Pyronaridine-artesunate combination pill Pyramax is as effective against falciparum malaria as the current gold standard anti-malarial combo artemether-lumefantrine which is marketed by Novartis under the brandname Coartem, according to a new study in the leading medical journal Lancet.

A phase 3, parallel-group, double-blind, randomised, non-inferiority trial on malaria patients was underta...