FDA Maps Out Smarter Path to Malaria Meds
Published Date: 9/23/2025
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The FDA just dropped a draft guide to help drug makers create better malaria treatments. If you’re working on malaria drugs, this guide shows you the best way to develop and test them. It’s a big step to speed up safe, effective medicines and could save lives—and money—by making the process clearer and smoother.
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FDA posts draft guide for malaria drug makers
The FDA announced a draft guidance titled "Malaria: Developing Drugs for Treatment." The draft guidance is meant to help sponsors design the overall development program for drug and biological products to treat malaria caused by clinically relevant Plasmodium species.
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