E-DRUG: Sources and rpices of malaria drugs (2)
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Dear e-druggers,
Indeed, the book "Sources and Prices of Selected Products for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria" is most useful. It intends to be a complete type of standard book overviewing whatever is available in the field of malaria. Even the most remote company manufacturing some form of chloroquine is being mentioned.
Unfortunately, but well known to those really active in the field, the book is forgetting the greatest supplier of artemisinin based anti malaria drugs. It concerns the Belgian company Dafra Pharma nv who has a complete set of GMP made antimalaria drugs registered and distributed in African (32) and in some Latin American (4) and in some South East Asia (2) countries. They offer drugs in monotherapy and also all conceivable forms of Artesunate or artemether based combination therapies. It is surprising that this company was forgotten from the book.
Since there will be a French version soon we hope that the responsible author will take corrective action.
Sincerely yours
Dr. F.H. Jansen
30 Witte Bremlaan
2360 Oud-Turnhout
Belgium
Fhjansen@skynet.be